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A stuttering teenager tackles the mysteries of life, love and public speaking in an award-winning comedy from the director of...
A stuttering teenager tackles the mysteries of life, love and public speaking in an award-winning comedy from the director of spelling bee documentary Spellbound. Mixing humor with a compassionate regard for characters and their idiosyncrasies, this is a film about the little insights that can emerge from, and ultimately eclipse, the agonies and disappointments of youth.
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84 %114 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
72 %20,944 reviewsAudience score rating
"Writer-director Jeffrey Blitz segues effortlessly from nonfiction to fiction -- and from spelling bees to speech tournaments... unusually voluble comedy is as eloquent about love, self-realization and adolescent angst as its protagonist is endearingly tongue-tied..."
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Variety
Variety"Transcends the predictable high-school yarn and arcs into usually unexplored domains of self-discovery and personal growth in a coming-of-age film..."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterRocket Science | Details
Award winner- Winner of the Dramatic Directing Prize; Sundance 2007
- Runtime
- 101
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
