Rocket Science
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.
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Rocket Science - Official Trailer [HD]
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
Candace Hammer
Townsend Prep Debater
Marilyn Yoblick
Plainsboro Lunch Lady
Maury Ginsberg
Mr. Lewinsky
Emily Ginnona
Honoria
Dionne Audain
Abraham Lincoln
Dan De Luca
Stephen Douglas
Steve Park
Judge Pete
John Patrick Barry
Gym Teacher
Carol Florence
connie Ryerson
Betsy Hogg
Crystal Hamish-Steinberg
Brandon Thane Wilson
Philip
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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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