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Synopsis: Coming of age in Plainsboro, New Jersey. High school student Hal Hefner stutters. On the evening his parents stop arguing and separate, 43 miles away at the state tournament, his school's legendary debater, Ben Wekselbaum, goes blank mid-sentence, Ben's teammate Ginny Ryerson doesn't get a first-place trophy, and the world changes. That fall, to Hal's amazement, Ginny recruits him for the debate team, mentors him, and will be his partner. He still has his stutter, but he works hard and he falls in love with Ginny. On the day of the first debate of the season, the world changes again. From then until the day of the state tournament, Hal has a lot to sort out. Is love rocket science?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Jeffrey Blitz
Production: Picturehouse
  2 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
R
Year:
2007
101 min
£601,787
Website
318 Views


Were you trying

to say thank you?

I thought you might be

stuck trying to say thank you.

You're welcome.

I'm sure this is

awkward for the boys.

Not one bit.

Not one single bit.

I swear I'm more nervous

than anyone.

Honestly, Jules,

I'm a small-claims judge.

It's lucky I'm not dating

someone from Trenton.

Is this a traditional

Korean dish?

Because it has an

exotic odor.

Uh, that's

tuna casserole.

Use your finger!

Shut up!

My dad hasn't dated anyone

before your mom for six years.

Can, uh...

can we just

not talk about that?

I got this by

a tree stump in the park.

Look at this one.

Fire!

Then on Thursday...

it could have been

any day but it wasn't;

it was Thursday...

for no good reason,

something happened.

And it was like a little wave

breaking over him.

Take aim...

And it said the name

G- I-N-N-Y.

Ginny.

The wave said

the name Ginny.

Over and over.

- Ginny, Ginny, Ginny...

- Fire!

Zero points, Hal Hefner.

Ginny.

The etymology of the word

spreading is unclear

but we believe it to be

a blending together

of speed and reading,

spreading.

All it is is jamming as many arguments

into your time as you humanly can.

Here we go... the effects

of early sexual relations

include transition of diseases,

out-of-wedlock pregnancies

and a host of potential

illnesses...

a host of potential illnesses

including depression

and low self-esteem.

Consider contention one earlier.

Participation in the program is 53%

more likely to yield positive results.

You know, the other thing

that I wanted to tell you

is that you even look

like this guy I used to debate with...

in a shorter,

goofier kind of way.

And what would you be doing

here looking enough like this guy

if it wasn't for me to discover you

and what talents are hidden within?

Hi.

Resolved that Hal Hefner should

really stop letting the world

tell him what's possible and try

and figure it out for himself.

Maybe that's a

life's philosophy

suited just to some of

us who cherish winning.

So maybe it's not for you,

but I think that it is.

The quality of life among

teens who refrain...

Before this,

there was the nothingness

of Plainsboro, New Jersey.

But now Hal Hefner suddenly

had only one thought.

And it felt like all his life his brain

had been waiting for this thought,

so comfortably now

did it fit in

and take up

all the room there was.

You're on

my street.

You're still on

my street.

Do you... do you have

any idea what public property is?

We'll see.

My mom, Fern, says

it's public property,

and if it's okay with your mom

you can come have 7-Up with me,

but the icemaker's

busted, so...

Hi.

You want to sit down

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Jeffrey Blitz

Jeffrey Blitz is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter from Ridgewood, New Jersey. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2002 documentary, Spellbound, and won the Dramatic Directing Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for his 2007 film, Rocket Science. Blitz won the 2009 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, for The Office episode "Stress Relief". more…

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