The Rocket

A nice family oriented inspirational film about young Brady Tutton who sustains a severe head injury and is banned from playing football at his new high school where his father happens to be the football coach.

Tutton is not a muscular kid so he could be nothing else but a running back. But he's a jock through and through. He decides to go out for cross country running and he's just what their rather mediocre track team needed for an edge.

The Rocket was shot on a low budget, but the acting is moving and sincere. Especially from Tutton.

A fine family film.

A tried and tested plot-line, spoiled by uttery wooden acting.

The story has a lot of potential, it's sadly overshadowed by horrendous acting. I read in the Trivia the story was submitted for a contest when he was 17. This movie feels like they took that story and used it for the film. Acting aside, the characters lost me as none of them look like athletes. I would expect defined quad and calf muscles, and they way the runners throw their arms around...it's not efficient at all.

That said, I'll root for any story based on actual events.

What's the point of writing or directing a sports movie with zero awareness for how the sport actually works???

I love these type of movies but was really bummed at how bad the acting was. I just couldn't get past it no matter how hard I tried. Had so much potential.