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With two films under his belt, Blitz jumps right back into filming after the “Rocket Science” promo tour. After wrapping up production on another documentary about jackpot winners and the lottery, he plans to return to directing episodes of the Emmy-winning NBC comedy “The Office...
Still flush from the success of his critically acclaimed documentary “Spellbound,” writer and director Jeffrey Blitz turns from the spelling bee to high school debate in the quirky and dark drama-comedy “Rocket Science...
...resists the usual clichés and plot developments that we’d expect from Hollywood’s high school romance/coming of age genre (think of it as the anti-Ferris Bueller). Unfortunately, in its ambitious attempt to be many things to many people, “Rocket Science” is weighed down by a cringe-inducing narrative voiceover that adds cheese to an otherwise refined performance by the cast, and a bloated resolution that leaves us feeling slightly unsatisfied...
...credit, “Rocket Science” is eloquent in its portrayal of Hal’s life and his struggles with both the everyday problems of love and relationships and the not-so-ordinary problems that confront him in the cutthroat world of competitive debate...
Despite its high-caliber casting and novel approach to the overused underdog premise, “Rocket Science” never really decides whether it wants to be dramatic, insightful or funny. Audiences aren’t looking for a cookie-cutter happy ending, but finding a satisfying climax really shouldn’t be rocket science...