Bottle Rocket
Bottle Rocket focuses on a trio of friends and their elaborate plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run. The more they learn, the more they realize that they do not know the first thing about crime.
22 August 1964, Dallas, Texas, USA
25 September 1953, Dallas, Texas, USA
26 May 1950, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
16 April 1964
4 September 1982, Dallas, Texas, USA
May 23, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, USA
July 02, 2014
It's only in the finale of Bottle Rocket, brimming over with poignant male self-delusion, that the flair and sizzle of Anderson's future promise returns.
March 04, 2014
Like the cheap pyrotechnic of the title, Bottle Rocket neither goes very far nor ends with a bang, and that's part of its charm, originality and delight.
March 04, 2014
Bottle Rocket was conceived as a low-budget family affair -- it has more Wilsons than the Beach Boys -- and outside of a few cult-intensive pockets of fandom, that's where it's likely to end up.
March 04, 2014
This is a small movie of raffish charm, similar in feel and tone to last year's independent hit The Brothers McMullen.
March 04, 2014
Bottle Rocket is a beguiling surprise, a terrific little movie comedy about a slightly addled gang of young criminal wannabes.
March 04, 2014
[Bottle Rocket] meanders pleasantly, like a road movie, with a seventies-style, anything-goes offhandedness that whisks the audience through the rough spots.
March 04, 2014
With a wild-card character like Dignan, he could be either the most original character in many a moon -- or never convincing. Wilson, with his cockeyed grin and rapid-fire delivery, comes off as a young Dennis Hopper.
March 04, 2014
This is a movie about friendship, about foolhardy endeavors that get your adrenaline going and make you feel life buzzing in your toes. Written with wit and concision and remarkable confidence, Bottle Rocket is a joyride worth taking.
March 04, 2014
This deliciously offbeat comedy gets much of its oomph from a loopy screenplay and lead performances that can only be called hilariously bland, or is it blandly hilarious?
March 04, 2014
Anderson's debut film is a small-scale delight.
March 04, 2014
A confident, eccentric debut about a trio of shambling and guileless friends who become the Candides of crime, Rocket feels particularly refreshing because it never compromises on its delicate deadpan sensibility.
March 04, 2014
Bottle Rocket may not be profound work, but it shows off some genuine talent both behind and in front of the camera.

