The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr Fox) is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage, and screwball comedy Tenth grader Max Fischer (The Darjeeling LimitedAs Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore AcademyAs most extracurricular studentAand its least scholarly He faces expulsion, and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely first-grade teacher (The ghost WriterAs Olivia Williams) and a melancholy self-made millionaire (groundhog DayAs Bill Murray, in an award-winning performance) Set to a soundtrack of classic British Invasion tunes, Rushmore defies categorization it captures the pain and exuberance of adolescence with wit, emotional depth, and cinematic panache