Ben Wekselbaum
Nicholas D'Agosto
Ben Wekselbaum
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.
Trailer
Rocket Science - Official Trailer [HD]
Cast
Coach Lumbly
Margo Martindale
Coach Lumbly
Hal Hefner
Reece Thompson
Hal Hefner
Ginny Ryerson
Anna Kendrick
Ginny Ryerson
Junior Philosopher
Jonah Hill
Junior Philosopher
Doyle Hefner
Denis O'Hare
Doyle Hefner
Earl Hefner
Vincent Piazza
Earl Hefner
Heston
Aaron Yoo
Heston
Ram
Utkarsh Ambudkar
Ram
Townsend Prep Debater
Candace Hammer
Townsend Prep Debater
Juliet Hefner
Lisbeth Bartlett
Juliet Hefner
English Teacher
Virginia House
English Teacher
Reviews
Patrick E. Abe
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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