Wes Anderson’s 2nd film, released in 1998,  is an even bigger surprise than Bottle Rocket. The 15-year old hero, Max Fisher, loves his elite prep boarding school but he faces a pressing problem. Although he leads almost every extra-curricula club in the school and although he is a genius on many fronts, he is academically underperforming and on the verge of being expelled.  Falling in love with a teacher does not help his cause.  Anderson goes even further than in Bottle Rocket to drill deeply into the complexities of human relationships. Anderson places five other main characters into Max’s world and every single relationship is unique but deep. I enjoyed every minute of this extraordinary film. Go see it. And after you have watched it read a bit more about the fascinating back ground of the film on Wikipedia. Anderson’s 2nd film also lost money, proving that high art and commercial success often do not coincide.