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.
Nicholas D'Agosto
as Ben Wekselbaum
Margo Martindale
as Coach Lumbly
Reece Thompson
as Hal Hefner
Anna Kendrick
as Ginny Ryerson
Jonah Hill
as Junior Philosopher
Denis O'Hare
as Doyle Hefner
Vincent Piazza
as Earl Hefner
Aaron Yoo
as Heston
Utkarsh Ambudkar
as Ram
Candace Hammer
as Townsend Prep Debater
Lisbeth Bartlett
as Juliet Hefner
Virginia House
as English Teacher
