Rocket Science (2007)

Life is easier done than said.

19/01/2007

#Comedy#Drama

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Rating: 62%

Original language: EN

Budget: $0

Revenue: $0

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Production Companies

RocketScience

W B I Films

Duly Noted

HBO Films

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Cast

Nicholas D'Agosto

Ben Wekselbaum

Margo Martindale

Coach Lumbly

Reece Thompson

Hal Hefner

Anna Kendrick

Ginny Ryerson

Jonah Hill

Junior Philosopher

Denis O'Hare

Doyle Hefner

Vincent Piazza

Earl Hefner

Aaron Yoo

Heston

Reviews (1)

Review by: Patrick E. Abe

Written by: Patrick E. Abe on 2018-09-24T21:19:26.711Z

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