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Rocket Science Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  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.

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• 75

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  It is smart, witty and blessedly unpredictable.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  This unusually voluble comedy is as eloquent about love, self-realization and adolescent angst as its protagonist is endearingly tongue-tied.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesStephen Holden

  The surest sign of the movie's integrity is that it resists any temptation to build the story to a climactic debate.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Catapulted by an endearing lead performance by Reece Daniel Thompson as a stuttering high-school student, Rocket Science transcends the predictable high-school yarn and arcs into usually unexplored domains of self-discovery and personal growth in a coming-of-age film.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  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.

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