The Rocket
Drama
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2013
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Country
Laos. In a land ravaged by war and exploitation, a boy whose family believe he is cursed must redeem himself by taking part in a dangerous rocket competition.
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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
96 min
Release date:
10 Feb 2013
Country:
AU, LA, TH
Languages:
Lao
Budget:
$1,525,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
28 wins & 31 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
In some ways, it feels like a throwback to many '80s teen movies, where everything comes down to a competition at the end, and the hero will finally get the chance to prove his worth.
– Erik McClanahan,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
31 Mar 2014
fresh:
It follows a search for personal salvation while painting a portrait of Laotian life that's both revealing and relatable.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
4 Mar 2014
fresh:
A powerful, deeply moving drama about a young boy who comes to terms with the tragedies that have befallen his family by creating a thing of beauty - a gorgeous, high-flying rocket emitting triumphant bursts of color - out of refuse left by the war.
– Tirdad Derakhshani,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
28 Feb 2014
fresh:
Mordaunt doesn't always succeed at balancing the sentimental, the political and the ethnographic, but at its strongest the story is a seamless melding of history's dark undertow and a child's indefatigable optimism.
– Sheri Linden,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan 2014
fresh:
Long on atmosphere and less sentimental about poverty than "Beasts of the Southern Wild," the film carries a potent charge of authenticity.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
10 Jan 2014