Rocket Science

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Rocket Science

R,

2007,

1h 41m,

Comedy/

Drama

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84%

112 Reviews

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72%

10,000+ Ratings

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112 Reviews

72%

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10,000+ Ratings

High-school student Hal Hefner's (Reece Daniel Thompson) life is falling down around him. His parents have split, his brother picks on him incessantly, and he has a terrible stutter. Hal cannot believe it when Ginny Ryerson (Anna Kendrick), a pretty classmate, asks him to join their school's debate team. Falling head over heels in love with Ginny, he agrees to her request, with unexpected results.

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Critics Consensus

Though Rocket Science appears to be a typically quirky indie, the well-rounded performances and director Jeffrey Blitz's clear affection for his characters gives the film its proper human spark.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Jun 16, 2010

4/5

Here's a twist -- an American high-school movie that has a brain.

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

Jul 23, 2008

This indie-minded effort suggests a filmmaker too enamored by his influences and struggling to establish a cogent vision of his own.

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Jen Chaney

Washington Post

Feb 27, 2008

Writer-director Jeffrey Blitz brings wit and pathos to the story of a compulsive stutterer.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 9, 2019

Humor, compassion, tenderness, forgiveness and friendship. The trials and tribulations of youth and of life told with heartfelt emotion and some well executed deadpan comedy. A little off-beat and a lot of fun.

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Ben McEachen

Empire Magazine Australasia

Jun 16, 2010

4/5

Well worth the wait, Rocket Science is a winning coming of age comedy with a difference.

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Margaret Pomeranz

At the Movies (Australia)

Jun 16, 2010

4/5

It's intelligent, it doesn't go for the emotional jugular, it has an honesty about it that's refreshing.

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Jul 20, 2018

Although well acted and supported by a fitting soundtrack, this sad movie never quite makes it to even a quite "yes". Of all the words that come to my mind when thinking about this movie, clever is not one of them. Bleak, droll, uncomfortable, tasteless, and overall just gross: THOSE words are what comes to mind. If you have ever seen an awkward teen go through awkward experiences then you have seen thus movie, but chances are you lived it or witnessed it. This offers nothing new to the table.... Except of course the really raunchy sexual "humor" that embarrassed the 12 yearold who wrote the only scene in this movie that is even possible to pretend is romantic.

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Abraham M

May 2, 2017

the soundtrack would get 3 stars by itself.

Hermione S

Feb 25, 2017

Well made but ridiculously unbelievable.

Abraham L

Feb 18, 2017

Pretty Boring with touch of gloom....I am not a big fan of debate teams and thought it would be good cuz I love Anna Kendrick....but this is not her best work..

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Poe L

Sep 1, 2007

The plot was surprisingly surprising.. Well-acted, good soundtrack, very real. I have a feeling this film will haunt me for a long time for better or worse.

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Hal Hefner

Anna Kendrick

Ginny Ryerson

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Synopsis

High-school student Hal Hefner's (Reece Daniel Thompson) life is falling down around him. His parents have split, his brother picks on him incessantly, and he has a terrible stutter. Hal cannot believe it when Ginny Ryerson (Anna Kendrick), a pretty classmate, asks him to join their school's debate team. Falling head over heels in love with Ginny, he agrees to her request, with unexpected results.

Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Producer: Effie Brown, Sean Welch
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Blitz
Distributor: Picturehouse
Production Co: Duly Noted Inc.
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 10, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 15, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $712.4K
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby

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