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Rocket Science

2007 · 101 min

A tender, offbeat coming-of-age story that finds quiet humor and heartache in awkward adolescence and the struggle to speak up.

Tagline
Life is easier done than said.
Overview
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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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • family
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Jeffrey Blitz
Written by
Jeffrey Blitz
Starring
Nicholas D'Agosto, Margo Martindale, Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Jonah Hill, Denis O'Hare, Vincent Piazza, Aaron Yoo
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
101 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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