'Rocket Science' A Review

'Rocket Science' is an off-beat coming of age movie that came out in 2007. The movie centers around Hal, a high schooler with a stutter. The star of the debate team, Ginny, inexplicably recruits him on her quest for the debate championship.

What follows is an interesting investigation of first loves, first heartbreaks, and ambitions. Hal fights against his position the whole movie. Fights against the fact he's an outcast, fights against his stutter, fights against his waning adolescence. He fights against the fact he's horribly outmatched by Ginny intellectually and sexually. The film is very unique in the fact it approaches growing up from a very real place. It has a wonderful score that extenuates many moments in the film. The fast talking back drop of debate also adds a playfulness to the film. All the characters are large and real. They talk how normal people talk and want what normal people want. They want a place, they want validation, they want some kind of explanation. It's a moving, fun film that even if you don't enjoy, rings true of growing up.

See It.