Rocket Science

Jan 19, 2007

1h 41m

★ 6.2

Life is easier done than said.

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

RocketScience

W B I Films

Duly Noted

HBO Films

Rocket Science Trailers

Cast

Ben Wekselbaum

Nicholas D'Agosto

Coach Lumbly

Margo Martindale

Hal Hefner

Reece Thompson

Ginny Ryerson

Anna Kendrick

Junior Philosopher

Jonah Hill

Doyle Hefner

Denis O'Hare

Earl Hefner

Vincent Piazza

Heston

Aaron Yoo

Ram

Utkarsh Ambudkar

Townsend Prep Debater

Candace Hammer

Juliet Hefner

Lisbeth Bartlett

English Teacher

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