Director: Joe Johnston
Year: 1999
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen
This is a movie I knew very little about, and wasn't really expecting to watch. We were at a friend's house and she presented us with a random selection of DVDs to watch. None of them jumped out at me, but none were things I didn't want to watch. So after some trusty "umming" and "ahhing" we went with October Sky.
I didn't realise it until the end of the movie, but October Sky is the true story of Homer Hickham (Gyllenhaal), a boy who wants to send a rocket into space. It's fairly easy to guess where this film is going, but it does it in good old '60s style, and brings to mind other greats about that period - for me, Stand by Me sprang straight to mind.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
No comments:
Post a Comment