Rocket Science

Coming-of-age saga examining the sometimes torturous, sometimes rewarding high-school experience. The extremely talented Reece Daniel Thompson portrays a stuttering teen who joins the school's debate squad and falls in love with a female teammate (Anna Kendrick). Written and directed by Jeffrey Blitz, who chronicled spelling-bee competitions in the documentary "Spellbound." Blitz also overcame his own teenage stuttering problem. The soundtrack features music by the Violent Femmes.