Bottle Rocket: Critic Reviews

60%

MovieWeb: 1 reviews

79%

RottenTomatoes: 44 reviews

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Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

60

A mildly facetious tone limits Anderson's film to the lightweight, but the collective enthusiasm behind this debut effort still comes through.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

75

A little deal, this movie is like a bottle rocket itself: a big bang for the money.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

A hilarious, inventive and goofy breath of fresh air.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rita Kempley Washington Post (Top Critic)

Gets by on quirky charm and slacker chic -- but just barely.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

50

I can't recommend the film -- it's too unwound and indulgent -- but I have a certain affection for it, and I'm looking forward to whatever Anderson and the Wilsons do next.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

50

Full Review » 12 years ago
David Rooney Variety (Top Critic)

Full Review » 3 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

63

Starts and finishes strong, but, somewhere in the middle, it loses its focus and its way.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Sandie Angulo Chen Common Sense Media

60

The first Anderson/Wilson offbeat, talky comedy.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews

75

Though flawed, Bottle Rocket is full of buried treasures and holds up to repeated viewings, as any cult film should. [Criterion Blu-ray]
Full Review » 3 years ago
Dennis Schwartz Ozus' World Movie Reviews

67

Owen Wilson is a riot as the mentally unbalanced inept middle-class thief.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Josh Larsen Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

88

...hysterical stuff, even if it only hints at the creative level Wilson and Anderson would reach next with Rushmore.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

60

Apesar de perder o foco em seu segundo ato, conta com uma introducao divertida e, em seu terco final, traz um dos assaltos mais hilarios do Cinema norte-americano.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com

60

Full Review » 6 years ago
Jimmy O Film Snobs

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com

80

Dry, droll and really very funny.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Jon Niccum Lawrence Journal-World

60

Anderson's first foray into style-over-substance comedies
Full Review » 7 years ago
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

80

Wes Anderson's first film -- and a fascinating indicator of what was to come.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Rob Blackwelder SPLICEDWire

80

Full Review » 8 years ago
Thomas Delapa Boulder Weekly

One of the best films of 1996.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jurgen Fauth About.com

80

Full Review » 8 years ago
Martin Scribbs Low IQ Canadian

100

Finely observed, fierce, and funny. The early stirrings of genius.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS)

80

Full Review » 8 years ago