Imagine the hero of "Rushmore" (a rich preppie forced to enroll in a public school) who claims to be the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky, organizing strikes in his father's factory and trying to make his fellow students rise in revolt against their teachers. The film would have probably been even funnier if the students didn't actually have any valid reasons to revolt. As is, it starts by making vicious fun of its delusional protagonist, but ends up taking his discredited political views quite seriously.
September 9, 2010
The Trotsky (2010) ***
Imagine the hero of "Rushmore" (a rich preppie forced to enroll in a public school) who claims to be the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky, organizing strikes in his father's factory and trying to make his fellow students rise in revolt against their teachers. The film would have probably been even funnier if the students didn't actually have any valid reasons to revolt. As is, it starts by making vicious fun of its delusional protagonist, but ends up taking his discredited political views quite seriously.
