Speak Movie Review 2004

Stewart gives an amazingly touching performance as Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman who has retreated into selective mutism after being raped at a summer party. Having called the cops on a popular senior, Melinda is now a social pariah, with her parents (Perkins, Sweeney) too preoccupied to recognize her anguish. But over the school year, her unconventional art teacher, Mr. Freeman (Zahn), shows Melinda that expressing herself is a way to confront her experience. Based on the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson.

Distribution

Showtime Networks, Inc., 5120 E. La Palma, No. 103, Anaheim Hills, CA 92807, Email: customerservice@sho.com, URL: http://www.SHO.com

Available on DVD
Running time 93 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Rape, Hell High School, Physical Problems, Art & Artists

Screenplay

Jessica Sharzer, Annie Young

Cast

Kristen Stewart, Steve Zahn, Elizabeth Perkins, D.B. Sweeney, Hallee Hirsh, Eric Lively, Michael Angarano, Robert John Burke, Allison Siko

Cinematography

Andrij Parekh

Director

Jessica Sharzer