Rocket Science
Life is easier done than said.
2007 | 101m | English
Popularity: 15 (history)
| Director: | Jeffrey Blitz |
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| Writer: | Jeffrey Blitz |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 19, 2007 |
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| Director: | Jeffrey Blitz |
| Writer: | Jeffrey Blitz |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | HBO Films, W B I Films, RocketScience, Duly Noted |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
![Rocket Science - Official Trailer [HD]](/extra_thumbs/yjRSX-s_GIs.jpg)
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Josh Kay | Lewis Garrles |
| Jane Beard | Fern Garries |
| Herb Merrick | Lewis's Dad |
| Carol Florence | connie Ryerson |
| Betsy Hogg | Crystal Hamish-Steinberg |
| Brandon Thane Wilson | Philip |
| David DeBoy | Frank Ryerson |
| Andrew Collie | Hazlet Timer |
| Susan Duvall | Hazlet Lunch Lady |
| Elisabeth Noone | Hazlet Coach |
| Jeanette Brox | Townsend Prep Bad Girl |
| Roland Gomez | Luis |
| Lee Sellars | New Jersey Debate Official |
| Joel Marsh Garland | Pizza Server |
| Dan Cashman | Narrator (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Blitz | Director, Writer |
| Eef Barzelay | Original Music Composer |
| Yana Gorskaya | Editor |
| Matthew Lessall | Casting |
| Rick Butler | Production Design |
| Halina Gebarowicz | Art Direction |
| Jay Klein | Set Decoration |
| Nicole Colombie | Line Producer |
| Jennifer M. Byrne | Post Production Accountant |
| Kurt Parlow | First Assistant Camera |
| Claire Sharp | Scenic Artist |
| Jo Willems | Director of Photography |
| Ernesto Martinez | Costume Design |
| Joanna Shelmidine | Stunt Double |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sean Welch | Producer |
| Effie Brown | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sundance Film Festival | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 42 | 64 | 15 |
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Otokichi786
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 deb ... ate 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
Jun 23, 2021