Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)
Critics 79Audiences 70GoodWatch 73
Tomatometer84%
Metascore73
Audience score72%
User score7.2
IMDb6.5
Running time
1 h 41 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 100101Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 60 countries
+50Released
2007
January 19, 2007
19 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 21 more35 people
- 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- LBLisbeth BartlettJuliet Hefner
- VHVirginia HouseEnglish Teacher
Marilyn YoblickPlainsboro Lunch Lady
Maury GinsbergMr. Lewinsky
Emily GinnonaHonoria
Dionne AudainAbraham Lincoln
Dan De LucaStephen Douglas- MKMichael KusnirFlemming
Steve ParkJudge Pete
John Patrick BarryGym Teacher- JKJosh KayLewis Garrles
- JBJane BeardFern Garries
- HMHerb MerrickLewis's Dad
Carol Florenceconnie Ryerson
Directing · 1
- Jeffrey Blitz Director, Writer
Production · 5
- Sean Welch Producer
- Effie T. Brown Producer
- Matthew Lessall Casting
- Nicole Colombie Line Producer
- Jennifer M. Byrne Post Production Accountant
Camera · 2
- Jo Willems Director of Photography
- Kurt Parlow First Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Yana Gorskaya Editor
Sound · 1
- Eef Barzelay Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Rick Butler Production Design
- Jay Klein Set Decoration
- Halina Gebarowicz Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Ernesto Martinez Costume Design
- Debi Young Key Makeup Artist
Other crew · 2
- Claire Sharp Scenic Artist
- Joanna Shelmidine Stunt Double
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