Rocket Science
Life is easier done than said.
6.2 / 10
101 minutes
2007-01-19
English
US
Actors :
Nicholas D'Agosto, Margo Martindale, Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Jonah Hill, Denis O'Hare, Vincent Piazza, Aaron Yoo, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Candace Hammer, Lisbeth Bartlett, Virginia House, Marilyn Yoblick, Maury Ginsberg, Emily Ginnona
Description
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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Reviews
Patrick E. Abe
6/23/2021, 3:58:12 PM
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...