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Speech & Debate

  • Rated PG 13
  • 1hr 45m
  • 46

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Release Date:

Apr 7, 2017

Runtime:

1hr 45m

Synopsis

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.

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40
Apr 27, 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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Metacritic review by Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
The Hollywood Reporter
50
Apr 11, 2017

Though energetically shot and blessed with some appealing performances (including winningly strange cameos for theater darlings Lin-Manuel Miranda and Darren Criss), Speech Debate never manages to make a convincing case for itself.

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Metacritic review by Andrew Barker
Andrew Barker
Variety
40
Apr 6, 2017

Director Dan Harris (Imaginary Heroes) 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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Metacritic review by Serena Donadoni
Serena Donadoni
Village Voice
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