Plot
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.
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Cast
Nicholas D'Agosto
Ben Wekselbaum
Margo Martindale
Coach Lumbly
Reece Thompson
Hal Hefner
Anna Kendrick
Ginny Ryerson
Jonah Hill
Junior Philosopher
Denis O'Hare
Doyle Hefner
Vincent Piazza
Earl Hefner
Aaron Yoo
Heston
Utkarsh Ambudkar
Ram
Candace Hammer
Townsend Prep Debater
Lisbeth Bartlett
Juliet Hefner
Virginia House
English Teacher
Marilyn Yoblick
Plainsboro Lunch Lady
Maury Ginsberg
Mr. Lewinsky
Emily Ginnona
Honoria
Dionne Audain
Abraham Lincoln
Dan De Luca
Stephen Douglas
Michael Kusnir
Flemming
Steve Park
Judge Pete
John Patrick Barry
Gym Teacher
Josh Kay
Lewis Garrles
Jane Beard
Fern Garries
Herb Merrick
Lewis's Dad
Carol Florence
connie Ryerson
Betsy Hogg
Crystal Hamish-Steinberg
Brandon Thane Wilson
Philip
David DeBoy
Frank Ryerson
Andrew Collie
Hazlet Timer
Susan Duvall
Hazlet Lunch Lady
Elisabeth Noone
Hazlet Coach
Jeanette Brox
Townsend Prep Bad Girl
Roland Gomez
Luis
Lee Sellars
New Jersey Debate Official
Joel Marsh Garland
Pizza Server
Dan Cashman
Narrator (voice)