Speak

Name: Speak
Director: Jessica Sharzer
Released: 2004-01-20

2004 film directed by Jessica Sharzer

Filmtelevision filmQ1538710

Released: January 20, 2004
Director: Jessica Sharzer
Screenwriter: Jessica Sharzer
Cast: Kristen Stewart
, Robert John Burke
, Eric Lively
, Elizabeth Perkins
+4 more
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English

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Speak is a 2004 American coming-of-age teen drama film written and directed by Jessica Sharzer in her feature directorial debut, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson. Starring Kristen Stewart, Michael Angarano, Robert John Burke, Eric Lively, Elizabeth Perkins, D. B. Sweeney, and Steve Zahn, the film follows Melinda Sordino (Stewart), a high school freshman who stops talking after senior student Andy Evans (Lively) rapes her at a party.

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Based on: Speak
Director of photography: Andrij Parekh
Title: Speak
After a work by: Laurie Halse Anderson
FSK film rating: FSK 12 rating certificate id: 148633
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1.spio-fsk.de/asp/filestream.asp?dir=karte&file=1411%5C148633V%2EpdfRetrieved 2022-10-01
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Color: color
Different from: Speak
Film editor: Peter C. Frank
Distribution format: video on demand
direct-to-video
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: passes · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Review score: 80%(October 8, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 5 critic review
8/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Speak”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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Has characteristic: film based on a novel

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