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A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 84%, Metacritic 73/100. Scores higher than 84% of the 2,359 2000s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Metacritic73/100
203 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeffrey BlitzDirector
- Jeffrey BlitzWriter
- Eef BarzelayOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nicholas D'AgostoBen Wekselbaum
- Margo MartindaleCoach Lumbly
- Reece ThompsonHal Hefner
- Anna KendrickGinny Ryerson
- Jonah HillJunior Philosopher
- Denis O'HareDoyle Hefner
- Vincent PiazzaEarl Hefner
- Aaron YooHeston
- Utkarsh AmbudkarRam
- Candace HammerTownsend Prep Debater
- Lisbeth BartlettJuliet Hefner
- Virginia HouseEnglish Teacher
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Themes
stutteringdebate teamearnesthopefulunderdogs and coming of age