I find that the best films are the ones that can reset your mood and this is definitely the case with "Bottle Rocket."  It's not a very serious story but it is, in a strange way, touching and valuable.  It was the first we saw of the famous Wilsons and Owen is tremendous in his debut.  As a viewer, you'll feel as free as the characters as they go driving through the countryside in this sunny, clever movie.  Some of its dialogue and interplay between the characters is a portend of what is soon to come in their masterpiece, "The Royal Tannenbaums."  "Bottle Rocket" is like an awesome band's first record; its full of promise and you can see signs of the greatness which is to come.