History YMMV / SonOfRambow

* JerkassWoobie: Lee is a juvenile delinquent, and initially at least is a cruel bully towards Will. It becomes clear why Lee acts the way he does when we see his dysfunctional home and family life - his father and mother are gone and the only adult influence in Lee's life is a thuggish older brother.

* HeartWarming: Creator/SylvesterStallone loved the movie.

* Heartwarming: Creator/SylvesterStallone loved the movie.

** Didier is cocky and full of false bravado - but under the arrogance and false bravado he's actually a coward and a FalseFriend who abandoned Will during a potentially dangerous situation. Didier acts this way among his English friends (who see him as cool and exotic) to overcompensate for his own insecurity about being seen as a weird outcast among his French classmates.

** Didier is cocky and full of false bravado - but under the arrogance and false bravado he's actually a coward and a FalseFriend who abandoned Will during a potentially dangerous situation. Didier acts this way among his American friends (who see him as cool and exotic) to overcompensate for his own insecurity about being seen as a weird outcast among his French classmates.

* JerkassWoobie: Lee is a juvenile delinquent, and initially at least is a cruel bully towards Will. It becomes clear why Lee acts the way he does when we see his dysfunctional home and family life - his father and mother are gone and his only adult influence in his life is a thuggish older brother.

* NoYay: Despite of the fact that they are two young boys, Lee and Will's relationship becomes too serious, in the second part of the movie.
** This can also be read as a heartwarming brotherly relationship [[Franchise/StarWars (like that between Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker before everything went to hell)]], they are sworn BloodBrothers after all.

* NoYay: Despite of the fact that they are two young boys, Lee and Will's relationship becomes too serious, in the second part of the movie. This can also be read as a heartwarming brotherly relationship [[Franchise/StarWars (like that between Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker before everything went to hell)]], they are sworn BloodBrothers after all.

%%* CrowningMomentOfAwesome; Many, but Will's mum taking the plate away stands out.
%%* CrowningMomentOfFunny: ''Flying dog.''

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* TearJerker: One such moment comes near the end of the film, [[spoiler:when Didier returns to France. The whole school shows up to wish him goodbye and some of his UnwantedHarem give him a bouquet of flowers. Then when he gets on the bus, the other French exchange students make fun of him and he drops and ruins his bouquet]]. Not the most Tearjerky, by far, but it still gets you.

* NoYay - Despite of the fact that they are two young boys, Lee and Will's relationship becomes too serious, in the second part of the movie.
** YMMV, of course. This can also be read as a heartwarming brotherly relationship [[Franchise/StarWars (like that between Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker before everything went to hell)]], they are sworn ''BloodBrothers'' after all.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - Many, but Will's mum taking the plate away stands out.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny - [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words:]] ''Flying dog.''

* TearJerker - Oh, so many. Will list later.
** One such moment comes near the end of the film, [[spoiler:when Didier returns to France. The whole school shows up to wish him goodbye and some of his UnwantedHarem give him a bouquet of flowers. Then when he gets on the bus, the other French exchange students make fun of him and he drops and ruins his bouquet]]. Not the most Tearjerky, by far, but it still gets you.

** YMMV, of course. This can also be read as a heartwarming brotherly relationship [[StarWars (like that between Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker before everything went to hell)]], they are sworn ''BloodBrothers'' after all.
* {{Tearjerker}} - Oh, so many. Will list later.

* BetterThanItSounds - Were it not for ''TheDarkKnight'' '''this''' film would be the coolest film of 2008.