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...ailing father while trying to take care of herself as well. With standout performances by Xanthia A. Tucker ’13, (as Catherine’s sister Claire) and Jesse T. Nee-Vogelman ’13 (as Robert’s former student Harold “Hal?? Dobbs), “Proof” was an incredibly moving production...
Ultimately, he hired Barzelay to develop a “soundtrack to Hal?? that reflected the main protagonist’s confused, angst-ridden life in its ensemble of instruments—which included the accordion, cello, and banjo...
Teen angst has a whole new dimension for protagonist Hal Hefner (newcomer Reece Daniel Thompson), a withdrawn, passive boy whose severe stuttering problem keeps him isolated from the rest of the world. Part of the problem is his family: Hal??s parents are divorced and he has a psychotic kleptomaniac for a brother (Vincent Piazza). As the lead, Thompson does a credible job as this troubled character, who must deal with an apathetic world that defies Hal??s every attempt to gain some control over his life. Hal??s faltering speech comes across...
...school debate team, whose ice-cold ambition drives her to do whatever is necessary to win. She convinces Hal to become her debate partner, and he jumps in headfirst, hoping to master love and public debate in the same sitting. Aaron Yoo nearly steals the movie as Hal??s curiously surreal friend Heston, who casts a strange otherworldliness that would put E.T. to shame. Despite his limited screen time, Yoo delivers some of the movie’s sharpest and funniest lines with his soft-spoken delivery...
...credit, “Rocket Science” is eloquent in its portrayal of Hal??s life and his struggles with both the everyday problems of love and relationships and the not-so-ordinary problems that confront him in the cutthroat world of competitive debate...