FeatureR2007·101m·6.2

Rocket Science

Life is easier done than said.

ComedyDrama

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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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

Utkarsh Ambudkar

Ram

Candace Hammer

Townsend Prep Debater

Lisbeth Bartlett

Juliet Hefner

Virginia House

English Teacher

Marilyn Yoblick

Plainsboro Lunch Lady

Maury Ginsberg

Mr. Lewinsky

Emily Ginnona

Honoria

Dionne Audain

Abraham Lincoln

Dan De Luca

Stephen Douglas

Michael Kusnir

Flemming

Steve Park

Judge Pete

John Patrick Barry

Gym Teacher

Details

Status: Released
Original language: English
Languages: English
Budget: —
Revenue: —
Age rating: R
Quality: 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production: RocketScienceW B I FilmsDuly NotedHBO Films

Crew

Director

Jeffrey Blitz

Writers

Jeffrey Blitz

Yana Gorskaya

Editor

Eef Barzelay

Original Music Composer

Rick Butler

Production Design

Jo Willems

Director of Photography

Ernesto Martinez

Costume Design

Gallery

Reviews

Patrick E. Abe

9/24/2018

3.0

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