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October Sky

1999

Joe Johnston

Jake Gyllenhaal, Laura Dern, Chris Cooper, Natalie Canerday ...

6.9

3,825

Drama In a 1950's mining town called Coalwood, Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However in October 1957, everything changes when the first artificial satellite, Sputnik goes into orbit. With that event, Homer becomes inspired to learn how to build rockets. With his friends and the local nerd, Homer sets to do just that by trial and a lot of error. Unfortunately, most of the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A movie of great charm and sweetness, with the usual excellent performance from Chris Cooper"	POS
United States	Desson Howe The Washington Post	"Unfortunately, you can see most of the story's trajectory arcing before you from the very beginning. There's little in this movie that comes as a surprise"	NEU
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"Thanks to the efforts of a strong cast and the fablelike simplicity of director Joe Johnston's storytelling, 'October Sky' is persuasive and compelling in equal measures."	POS
United States	Peter Stack SFGATE	"Sweetness is too rare in movies these days, so audiences can feel lucky about the earnest dose of it in October Sky. This film is family."	POS
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"Gyllenhaal and Cooper save the film from two-dimensionality with their passionate performances. And director Joe Johnston creates a poetic feeling of past and future"	POS

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