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Son of Rambow

Make Believe. Not War.

This whimsical tale is set in a small town in England during the 1980s. A young boy belongs to a religious sect which forbids modern entertainment, including movies and TV. One day, he is befriended by the school's bad boy, and gets to watch a pirate copy of Rambo. Enthralled, it's not long before the two boys are busy with their own remake. Later, when a cool French exchange student joins the project, their Popularity Status gets a huge boost. However, the little star's mom is not happy about his ventures into the dark side, and calls for help.

96 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 10 (Language, Violence)
Comedy, Family, Kids.

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Credits
Cast	Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Anna Wing, Tallulah Evans, Neil Dudgeon, Jules Sitruk
Director	Garth Jennings
Screenplay	Garth Jennings
Music	Joby Talbot
Cinematography	Jess Hall
Editing	Dominic Leung
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2007
Produced by	Hammer & Tongs, Celluloid Dreams, Reason Pictures, Soficinema 2/3, ZDF, arte France Cinema
SA Distributor	UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Some moderate language
Nudity	None
Sex	Mild and infrequent
Violence	Some implied violence and infrequent mild bloodiness
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Some
Drug abuse	None
Comments	This tells the story of the unlikely friendship between two schoolboys. It's aimed at children and families and has a positive outcome.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarZane Henry	10
Die BurgerLaetitia Pople	15
The CitizenLeon van Nierop	16
24.comIvan Sadler	10
International Media
BBC (UK)Stella Papamichael	15
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	15
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	13
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs	12
Metacritic.com29 critics	13
RottenTomatoes.com113 critics	14
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	15
Internet (IMDB)7152 Netizens	15

Average .. 68%	13

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