Put simply, October Sky is a great movie, the kind that restores one's faith in the power of cinema. It deserves to be cherished and treasured.

| Original Score: A- | Jan 29, 2019

...compulsively watchable...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 29, 2015

| Original Score: B | Sep 7, 2011

uplifting family film with great values

| Original Score: B | Feb 24, 2011

Inspiring tale for older tweens and up.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 26, 2010

...plays like a 온라인카지노추천 movie made for everyone who subscribes to Reader's Digest. Still, its manipulations are sincere rather than cynical...

| Apr 7, 2006

The 온라인카지노추천 movie subject matter is infused with genuine feeling for the value of learning as a passport to freedom, and an authentic regard for the honest graft of working men.

| Jan 26, 2006

Director Joe Johnston has crafted a feel good film that doesn't pander to cheap emotions.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 9, 2005

October Sky is a movie you want to believe in.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jan 29, 2005

Any film that celebrates a teenager's ability to think instead of throw a ball ought to be cheered.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 14, 2003

Though shot in Tennessee, Johnston's October Sky successfully evokes the stifling atmosphere of a blackened 1950s town in the southern West Virginia mountains.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 8, 2003

Retreads the soggy ground staked out by Field of Dreams, with sentimental tears and group hugs as the answer to conflicting ideological standpoints.

| Dec 2, 2002

An enthralling and warm-hearted story about four high school students who taught themselves to build and fly real rockets.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 15, 2002

A sweet yet sincere coming-of-age story about fathers and sons, communities pulling together and, above all, heroes.

| Jun 5, 2002

This small, well-crafted coming-of-age docudrama is a real-life Revenge of the Nerds by way of Stand By Me.

| Mar 24, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 22, 2002

It will lift your spirit and make you feel good about all those who pursue their dreams in the face of large obstacles.

| Feb 28, 2002

...so full of spirit and letter-perfect filmmaking that I defy anyone to watch this movie without getting a tingle in his or her heart.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 25, 2001

The 'follow your dream' theme works, even though the son versus father sub-plot struggles at times.

Full Review | Mar 12, 2001