October Sky, the story of Homer Hickum, is a touching, inspirational story that chronicles his life as he and three friends try to build a rocket after being captivated by Sputnik. The movie is set in Coalwood, a mining town where it is predetermined that you are going to be a coal-miner when you grow up unless you are one of the lucky ones who got out on a football scholarship. Miss Riley, Homer's optimistic teacher pushes him along and goes against the principal by "believing in the unlucky ones."

This wasn't a spectacular movie, but it was an interesting story and it is a nice change from the high-budget movies. The movie was entertaining for the most part, but I looked down at my watch an hour into the movie and thought that over an hour and a half had passed. Although to me it seemed the movie moved slowly, it was an enjoyable movie and it was fun to watch Homer and his three friends on their quest to build a rocket. It may just be that I see where he is coming from, myself building rockets, but I liked watching as the rockets progressed and became more and more stable. This was a good movie and I enjoyed it and there was some comedy thrown in that added to the overall movie experience.

Genres: Drama, True Story
Rated: PG
Runtime: 108 minutes
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