The film Rocket Science

I was reading the movie review section of the LA Times, when I got to an article about the new film called "Rocket Science." I thought the title was interesting, so I decided to take a glance at it.Then I saw the words "Speech and Debate" and "Stutter," and suddenly I became very interested.I read the plot and thought it was absolutely PERFECT for a guy like me. Speech team, AND stuttering all in one movie! It seems to have got everything, teenage life, crushes, friendships, brothers.

This film is about a student in high school who has a severe stammering problem. Then a girl, whom he later falls in love with encourages him to join the Speech and Debate team. "Deformed people are the best. Maybe it is because they have a deep resource of anger. It serves them well." So begins our hero's journey (So I assume). Jeffery Blitz, the directer noted that "the only way I was going to do a teen movie is if I felt like I could try to be more honest about what the actual experience of being a teenager is like."

I haven't seen this film yet, I don't know if it will be good or not but I certainly want to see it. Most of the critics seem to like it, but according to my past experiences, the critics get it wrong most of the time. I didn't really like the trailer very much for it didn't seem to focus that much on the actual debating but more on the girl and the fact that it doesn't seem very serious to me and it's rated R are all big drawbacks for me. However, the film did receive the Dramatic Directing prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and those IMBD users whom I really trust seem to like it, and it does seem to really relate to a guy like me so I don't know. I'll just have to watch it and see.

So if you are anyone who stutters, is a teenager, or an adult who wants too look back at those turbulent teenage years, this film is certainly worth watching.
(I'll write a new post when I watch it)