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Rocket Science

6.3/10
TMDB208 votes
2007Original: English101 min

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
Cast: Nicholas D'Agosto, Margo Martindale, Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Jonah Hill

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About Rocket Science

Life is easier done than said.

Rocket Science (2007) is a film in the comedy, drama genres. Directed by Jeffrey Blitz. The cast includes Nicholas D'Agosto, Margo Martindale, Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick.

Released
2007-01-19
Original language
English
Runtime
101 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
RocketScience, W B I Films, Duly Noted, HBO Films
Directors
Jeffrey Blitz
Writers
Jeffrey Blitz

Rocket Science cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.3/10 from 208 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

Patrick E. Abe

TMDB member review

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…

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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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What is Rocket Science about?

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.

Who stars in Rocket Science?

Nicholas D'Agosto, Margo Martindale, Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Jonah Hill, Denis O'Hare. See the cast cards above for character names.

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