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A good balance between the reality of the character and the fantasy of the film
Roger tends to keep himself to himself. At home his mother is distance and he tends to look after himself, cooking etc on his own. His father has long gone, having left him as a baby. At school he reads his comics and is picked on by the sportier kids he envies their homes and parents. He dreams of escaping it all, of building himself a rocket so that he can fly far away and start a new life but can he get his ship built in time? The concept sounds strange but this is really a quite touching little story of a child that is a mix of the touching and the fanciful. The fact that it does it in that order means it works well. By getting us to feel for Roger and understand the sort of feelings he must be having, it makes the fantasy stuff with the rocket a bit easier to get into and, real or not, we support Roger and wish him only the best. The film gets this balance just right and delivers it with good humour and imagination without losing touch with the reality and the emotions of the character. The acting is surprisingly good from Hawkins, who seems so natural and the directors did well to draw it from him. Overall a simple but effective film that balances the story well and makes it better than it could have been.
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- bob the moo
- Sep 15, 2005
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- Runtime11 minutes
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