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Speech & Debate
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Frustrated by the hypocrisy they see in their parents, teachers, and the entire school board, an unlikely trio set out to find a common truth and make their voices heard as they revive a defunct school club and take on the world.
Actors:
Liam James, Sarah Steele, Austin P. McKenzie, Roger Bart, Janeane Garofalo, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kal Penn, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Skylar Astin, Jeremy Rowley, Jerry Leggio, ...»
Director:
Dan Harris
Country:
United States
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Blu-ray.com
April 06, 2017 While it has the potential to be snarky, dim, and thin, "Speech & Debate" is downright wonderful at times, eschewing the plastic teen routine to create dimensional characters facing interesting personal and educational challenges.
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Variety
April 07, 2017 Once a darkly comic romp centered around outing a pedophile teacher, this adaptation has been shorn of its sharpest edges, leaving a largely unfocused, conventional teen dramedy in its place.
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The Young Folks
April 28, 2017 ...Speech & Debate will probably not stand out among the best, although it is, at times, a fun ride anyway.
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Village Voice
April 05, 2017 Harris structures Speech & Debate like a musical comedy that's building up to a cathartic final number, but scene after scene just falls flat.
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Eye for Film
April 06, 2017 All in all, this is a plucky but rather disorganised attempt to explore pressing issues. For a teen-focused film, it's refreshingly lacking in cynicism, but its fate will depend on whether or not its audience shares this quality.
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New York Times
April 06, 2017 Over all, the movie ... has a focus problem that leaves its humorous moments obscured and its intentions hazy.
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Hollywood Reporter
April 11, 2017 The film's stage origins, and a cameo appearance by Lin-Manuel Miranda, may be of interest to theater buffs, but everyone else will be left wondering what all the fuss was about.
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Los Angeles Times
April 06, 2017 Although the story, which feels a tad past its expiration date, never digs too deeply into its central issues (hypocrisy, loneliness, censorship, finding one's voice), Dan Harris' peppy direction and nimble turns by the film's young leads prevail.
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Film Journal International
April 06, 2017 Ultimately Speech & Debate is stuck in a Catch-22: It's so hard to argue with the premise that it's tough to get excited about it.
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Common Sense Media
April 18, 2017 Coming-of-age tale confronts teen issues; sex and drinking.
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