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Rocket Science
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6.2Hal 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.
Released: 2007-01-19101 minDir: Jeffrey BlitzComedy, Drama
Cast
- Nicholas D'Agosto as Ben Wekselbaum
- Margo Martindale as Coach Lumbly
- Reece Thompson as Hal Hefner
- Anna Kendrick as Ginny Ryerson
- Jonah Hill as Junior Philosopher
- Denis O'Hare as Doyle Hefner
Themes
- stuttering
- debate team
- earnest
- hopeful
- underdogs and coming of age
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 296548
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- publication date
- 2007-08-10
- title
- Rocket Science
- review score
- 73/100
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