Rocket Science

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.

Cast

Nicholas D'Agosto

Nicholas D'Agosto

as Ben Wekselbaum

Margo Martindale

Margo Martindale

as Coach Lumbly

Reece Thompson

Reece Thompson

as Hal Hefner

Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick

as Ginny Ryerson

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill

as Junior Philosopher

Denis O'Hare

Denis O'Hare

as Doyle Hefner

Vincent Piazza

Vincent Piazza

as Earl Hefner

Aaron Yoo

Aaron Yoo

as Heston

Utkarsh Ambudkar

Utkarsh Ambudkar

as Ram

Candace Hammer

Candace Hammer

as Townsend Prep Debater

Reviews

Patrick E. Abe

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 deb...

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