Rocket Science

I suspect a lot of high school students will recognize elements of real life in the movie, and that the movie will build a following. It may gross as little as "Welcome to the Dollhouse" or as much as "Clueless," but whichever it does, it's in the same league.Read Full Review »

Blitz captures the melancholy, the rage, the wackiness and drama of adolescence, and he gets winning performances out of his young stars.Read Full Review »

It is smart, witty and blessedly unpredictable.Read Full Review »

When it's not opting for whimsy, Rocket Science makes you cringe, which is what's good about it.Read Full Review »

Jeffrey Blitz's smart, deceptively lighthearted movie gives audiences an endearing nerd-messiah to revisit that angst for all of us and -- maybe, just maybe -- he'll end up in love and ahead.Read Full Review »

The surest sign of the movie’s integrity is that it resists any temptation to build the story to a climactic debate.Read Full Review »

A well-meaning little picture that's piercingly genuine in places and annoyingly affected in others.Read Full Review »

The problem with Rocket Science is that the character at the center of the drama isn't very energetic or, truth be told, interesting. This makes it difficult at times to remain engaged in the unfolding tale.Read Full Review »

Once Rocket Science enters the realm of the debate competition, the director's eye for detail never deserts him.Read Full Review »

One of those terminally annoying, depressive-yet-coy Sundance faves in which the tale of a mopey teen misfit unfolds behind a hard candy shell of irony.Read Full Review »