a very disappointing feature indeed and rocket science suffers from virtually all the symptom of aifd ( american indie film disease ) . from the deeply unlikeable and endlessly flaw character to the overly arch dialogue to the overly busy soundtrack of cool music and it hit on all cylinder . the badly developed plot make no sense ( why would any top ranked debater choose a complete loser to be their partner . ) and and the film be poorly structure and about twenty minute ( far ) too long . a a former high school debater and i can not really argue with the depiction of the activity and but there so little actual debating in the film that it hardly matter . director jeffrey blitz would have be far well serve by stick to the documentary format quirky comedy drama just ain not his thing .