Well filmed, well acted, no story.

Something to have on while you are working on a project of your own (building a model, doing homework, polishing your silverware).

There is no story here, so it is a slough to get through (technicaly, "Boy likes movies; movies are good!" is the story).

Hokey, corny, unrealistic--but without the magic of movies in any real way.

It's like Steven Spielberg and team found a script in some kid's locker and decided to tighten the dialogue but didn't work on any of the scenes or structure in any way, and then spend $40 million dollars filming it.

"How great are movies?!" takes precedence over any kind of dramatic story [there's a little bit of "Father wants son to go into STEM fields but Son doesn't want to", but it is resolved in a few moments when the son says, "But I don't like Algebra. Why would I do that?".

I get the impression that the team were trying to create something with multiple storylines, but didn't know how to achieve it. Instead, it is comprised of a number of scenes in which dramatic notions are touched upon and then immediately resolved.

I think the best description would be to say that the filmmakers got lost in their self-indulgence, and forgot to make a movie.

--all superbly filmed, but all unoriginal. A great lesson for those who wish to make an impact with their art.