Movie Review:'Son of Rambow' a charming adventure

Like "Be Kind Rewind" from earlier this year, the small comedy "Son of Rambow" has a love of movies and is bursting with unbridled imagination.

But unlike Michel Gondry's film, which got too gooey toward the end, "Son of Rambow" maintains just the right tone throughout with its guileless, makeshift charm.

Writer-director Garth Jennings ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") based the story on his own preadolescent adventures, and his affection for this time in his own life, and a period in pop culture that influenced him, is evident without seeming self-indulgent.

He...