Rocket Science

Jeffrey Blitz's seriocomedy Rocket Science proves that many a handicap can be overcome, no matter how daunting the obstacle at hand may initially seem. Newcomer Reece Thompson plays Hal Hefner, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he ...more

To a certain receptive swath of the indie film audience, Rocket Science will disguise itself as the latest offspring of Rushmore, with awkward school children existing in a state of perpetual absurdism, all while an insistent indie score lends them poignancy. In Rushmore, all of that worked. Rocket Science, on the other hand, is one of those movies where the lead character is always running -- not because he's a track star or because he's tardy, but because running is the only way to communicate ...more