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Rocket Science

    Comedy
    Drama
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Jan 19, 2007
Rated R

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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  • Directors
  • Vote Average
    6.2
  • Vote Count
    180
  • Popularity
    10
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

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    • Cast

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    Nicholas D'Agosto
    Ben Wekselbaum
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    Margo Martindale
    Coach Lumbly
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    Reece Thompson
    Hal Hefner
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    Anna Kendrick
    Ginny Ryerson
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    Jonah Hill
    Junior Philosopher
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    Denis O'Hare
    Doyle Hefner
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    Vincent Piazza
    Earl Hefner
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    Aaron Yoo
    Heston
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    Utkarsh Ambudkar
    Ram
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    Candace Hammer
    Townsend Prep Debater
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    Lisbeth Bartlett
    Juliet Hefner
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    Virginia House
    English Teacher
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    Marilyn Yoblick
    Plainsboro Lunch Lady
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    Maury Ginsberg
    Mr. Lewinsky
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    Emily Ginnona
    Honoria
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    Dionne Audain
    Abraham Lincoln
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    Dan De Luca
    Stephen Douglas
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    Michael Kusnir
    Flemming
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    Steve Park
    Judge Pete
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    John Patrick Barry
    Gym Teacher
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    Josh Kay
    Lewis Garrles
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    Jane Beard
    Fern Garries
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    Herb Merrick
    Lewis's Dad
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    Carol Florence
    connie Ryerson
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    Betsy Hogg
    Crystal Hamish-Steinberg
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    Brandon Thane Wilson
    Philip
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    David DeBoy
    Frank Ryerson
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    Andrew Collie
    Hazlet Timer
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    Susan Duvall
    Hazlet Lunch Lady
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    Elisabeth Noone
    Hazlet Coach
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    Jeanette Brox
    Townsend Prep Bad Girl
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    Roland Gomez
    Luis
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    Lee Sellars
    New Jersey Debate Official
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    Joel Marsh Garland
    Pizza Server
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    Dan Cashman
    Narrator (voice)

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    Reviews

    (1)
    Patrick E. Abe
    30%
    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