Son of Rambow

Went to see “Son of Rambow”, courtesy of aforementioned cinema managing son. OK, but not I think a great film. Some very good bits, but, as son often says, you see most of them in the trailer anyway. It has its moments, with some reflective scenes on childhood, growing up and friendship; some very funny set pieces and effective special effects; it rather lost its way in the middle when the focus is off the relationship between the two boys. I think the best thing that can be said, though, is that the cinema was fuller than for any recent film we’ve watched there, and we had been promoted from Screen 6 to Screen 5, so it was bigger. The majority of the audience was young, with lots of kids. They were watching a British film not an American blockbuster, and they were enjoying it.