One of the most delightful things you could ever possibly show your eyeballs.

| Sep 19, 2022

The film goes beyond comic pratfalls to deliver a convincing portrayal of childhood imagination and the shifting power relations of teenage friendships.

| Dec 17, 2020

Desperate for winsome, Jennings in the end just tries too hard, settling for cute when something more meaty is required in this story of two fatherless boys.

| Jan 28, 2020

Pure movie magic, served up in a pint-sized portion from the most unlikely of sources.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 6, 2019

True enough, it's make-believe, but to believe in make-believe, you do have to be firmly on board in some way. Otherwise, it's just nonsense.

| Jan 30, 2018

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Funnier than anything in this vaguely dark comedy is the thought of [Sly] Stallone sitting through it.

| Aug 24, 2009

Crammed tight with every kid-pic cliche you can imagine.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 15, 2008

It's a fun idea, but quite awkwardly staged and, in the end, not particularly engaging.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 12, 2008

A feel-good family flick that doesn't pander to the younger members of the equation.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 8, 2008

This is a winner, a film to which you can safely take your kids and enjoy yourself.

| Sep 5, 2008

Waffles between heart-on-its-sleeve candor and winking self-awareness.

| Sep 5, 2008

Though the film is primarily designed to appeal to viewers in the early-teen demographic, a maturity and intelligence is at work here that will connect with many adults also.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 5, 2008

The script is not so much written as assembled, anecdote by anecdote. As a result, you never quite settle in.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 5, 2008

It's a mildly startling choice of subject matter, but Jennings takes for granted that even the most innocent cineastes have their sadistic side.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 5, 2008

This quite charming film does have a strangeness about it; you feel that not all the pieces fit comfortably together.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 5, 2008

I was not so engaged as to be moved . . . and felt impatient at the lack of dramatic pace

| Aug 29, 2008

It may not all work but Son of Rambow is a totally original and really sweet film with an ultra soft heart

| Aug 29, 2008

Its heart is surely in the right place. Yet so much of it just doesn't work...that it's hard to get very excited about it.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 22, 2008