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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.
Ben Wekselbaum
Coach Lumbly
Hal Hefner
Ginny Ryerson
Junior Philosopher
Doyle Hefner
Earl Hefner
Heston
Ram
Townsend Prep Debater
Plainsboro Lunch Lady
Mr. Lewinsky
Honoria
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Judge Pete
Gym Teacher
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
January 19, 2007
Ben Wekselbaum
Coach Lumbly
Hal Hefner
Ginny Ryerson
Junior Philosopher
Doyle Hefner
Earl Hefner
Heston
Ram
Townsend Prep Debater
Plainsboro Lunch Lady
Mr. Lewinsky
Honoria
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Judge Pete
Gym Teacher
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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