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  • 2014
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2014
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary A boy who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him leads his family and two new friends through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity-filled journey through a land scarred by the legacy of war, to prove he's not bad luck he builds a giant rocket to enter the most exciting and dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket ...

Directed By: Kim Mordaunt

Written By: Kim Mordaunt

  • 2014
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2014
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 40 m

The Rocket

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
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Summary A boy who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him leads his family and two new friends through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity-filled journey through a land scarred by the legacy of war, to prove he's not bad luck he builds a giant rocket to enter the most exciting and dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket ...

Directed By: Kim Mordaunt

Written By: Kim Mordaunt

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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80% Positive
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91
Dec 23, 2013
Mordaunt’s eye indicates a thoughtful filmmaker able to listen to the winds of what a movie needs. Effortlessly natural, his workmanlike craft carries the capacity to keep an ear open to happenstance.
By Rodrigo Perez FULL REVIEW
85
Dec 23, 2013
The kid performances are impressive and the subtext of a region still shaking off the effects of a long-ended war gives seed to some much needed discussion.
By Jordan Hoffman FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
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15% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
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15% Mixed
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8% Negative
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80
Jan 9, 2014
The Rocket's ample pleasures come from Mordaunt localizing this tested formula rather than trying to reinvent it.
By John Oursler FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 10, 2014
The particulars of Laos's historical conflicts are sometimes only obliquely confronted, but the torrid past of covered-up wars palpably echoes through the scarred yet majestic landscapes.
By Nick McCarthy FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 10, 2014
Yes, The Rocket is a sports movie, with an outcome that's easily foreseen. The cultural specifics of this Laos-set tale, however, are far less predictable.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 8, 2014
Kim Mordaunt’s when-life-gives-you-land-mines tale is light on well-drawn characters, but its performances, especially from the nonprofessional junior members, more than light the fuse for the finale.
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50
Jan 9, 2014
The Rocket is a well-constructed delivery system for sparkly cheer, but it lacks a more substantial payload.
By Noah Berlatsky FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Red Lamp Films, Curious Film, Ecoventure, Milsearch, Screen Australia, Screen NSW, Ton Enterprises
Release Date Jan 10, 2014
Duration 1 h 40 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/Therocketmovie
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Awards

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 1 Win & 12 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 3 Wins & 8 Nominations
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
• 7 Nominations

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