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Rocket Science

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6.2/10 • 180

2007-01-191h 41m

ComedyDrama

Life is easier done than said.

Hal is a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route – he joins the school debating team, which sends him on a headfirst plunge into breakneck speech competitions and offers a much-needed boost toward correcting the problem.

Directors
Jeffrey Blitz
Writters
Jeffrey Blitz
Editors
Jeffrey Blitz, Yana Gorskaya

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Nicholas D'Agosto

    Nicholas D'Agosto

    Ben Wekselbaum

  2. Margo Martindale

    Margo Martindale

    Coach Lumbly

  3. Reece Thompson

    Reece Thompson

    Hal Hefner

  4. Anna Kendrick

    Anna Kendrick

    Ginny Ryerson

  5. Jonah Hill

    Jonah Hill

    Junior Philosopher

  6. Denis O'Hare

    Denis O'Hare

    Doyle Hefner

  7. Vincent Piazza

    Vincent Piazza

    Earl Hefner

  8. Aaron Yoo

    Aaron Yoo

    Heston

  9. Utkarsh Ambudkar

    Utkarsh Ambudkar

    Ram

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Patrick E. Abe Avatar

Patrick E. Abe

Sep 24, 2018

3/10

The first thing I found WRONG about this movie is the title. "Rocket Science" suggests a movie like "October Sky," which IS about the Math required to calculate and understand rocketry. This (somewhat) off beat look at high school via a tongue-tied underachiever who is head hunted for the school debate team is more like "The Orator's Progress." (But accuracy won't/didn't sell the movie.) All in all, a better-than-average teen movie, but nowhere near "The King's Speech," which grandly promenaded into History on a similar subject. 3/10

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Original Language
English
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