Speak

Speak
by Jessica Sharzer

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Actor: Eric Lively, Hallee Hirsh, Kristen Stewart, Michael Angarano, Robert John Burke
Director: Jessica Sharzer
Brand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-27
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Showtime Ent.

DVD Reviews of Speak

DVD Review: Speak
Summary: 4 Stars

An insight into what a young girl faces today with her peers and in society. All parents with daughters would benefit in one way or another by watching this film. I as a grandmother picked up many signs and hints from what this young girl was going through. I bought this film and sent it to my daughter who has a pre-teen daughter.

DVD Review: Speak review
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought the book for my daughter for school and I ended up reading it and loving it myself! Then I bought the dvd and it was even better. Kristen was excellent!

DVD Review: Something all teens and parents should see
Summary: 5 Stars

No book to film comparison here, as I have not read the book yet.

Kristen Stewart does a fine job here as the brooding, picked-on high school girl Melinda, who tries to get through life without acknowledging the terrible attack on her that occurred in the previous year. She finds out that being silent about something traumatic does not make it go away, but it does make everything much worse. There are many times when you wish you could yell at her and tell her to speak up. This is an important story for teens and parents to view together or for teachers to show to their classes. Silence can be a dangerous and destructive thing.

DVD Review: A Surprisable Gem!
Summary: 5 Stars

I came upon this movie while viewing the library dvd's on the shelf. I saw "Speak" and thought Why Not? I had seen Kristen Stewart in a few good movies including Twilight and The Messengers, so this might be half decent. I'm so very glad that I grabbed it. This movie is a surprisable and unexpected gem. Kristen Stewart is utterly amazing and her emotions are so open throughout this film if only through her facial expressions, eyes, or even her tone of voice. She aces her role as Melinda who had an horrific event at the prior years' end and didn't know how to tell anyone about it. So she kept it hidden inside of her as she began her Freshmen year of high school. Her parents, her "ex" best friends, the other students, could not understand her and many disliked her for calling the police during the prior years' event. We find out what happened to Melinda as the movie goes along and why she is the way she is all the while enthralling the viewer to constantly wonder why and how can Melinda save herself and move on. This movie is very powerful and touching from the very first scene to the ending credits. If you like drama, human emotion, and justice, you will simply love this movie and want to watch it over and over again. And for those Kristen Stewart fans out there, this movie is probably her best. Don't miss out on this remarkable gem which includes wonderful performances from its co-stars, especially Steve Zahn, Elizabeth Perkins, and D.B. Sweeney. Two Very Enthusiastic Thumbs Up!!

DVD Review: Speak
Summary: 5 Stars

Speak was an excellent movie. It has been so long since I actually read the book that I can't compare the accuracy of the adaptation, but I thought it was powerfully acted and totally changed my opinion of Kristen Stewart as an actress. I would recommend it to anybody that likes powerfully acted, Lifetime-type movies.
Nicole A.

Description of Speak

Based on the award winning novel by Laurie Halse Anderson, "Speak" unfolds a story about Melinda (Kristen Stewart), a smart and spirited high school freshman who retreats into self-imposed silence after she is raped one night at a party. Feeling isolated from her classmates and from her preoccupied mother Joyce Sardnino (Elizabeth Perkins), Melinda retreats further in an attempt to escape the torments of high school. It is only through her work in art class with the help of her compassionate art teacher Mr. Freeman (Steve Zahn) that she begins to reach out to others and eventually finds her own voice and inner strength. A feature debut of director/co-writer Jessica Sharzer, "Speak" resonates with stubborn honesty and sardonic humor as we follow Melinda on her journey from traumatized isolation to a brave and final triumphant disclosure.

Speak is an unexpected gem. Adapted from the popular novel by Laurie Halse Anderson and first broadcast in 2004, the film features an excellent lead performance by Kristen Stewart (Panic Room) as Melinda Sordino, a deeply troubled teen facing her first year of high school and all its attendant perils, including student cliques (here called "clans," such as "the Marthas--very Connecticut, very prep"), hostile teachers (with the exception of Steve Zahn's art instructor), and so forth. Melinda appears to be just another misfit, alienated, shunned, and sullen ("the most depressed person I've ever known," as one classmate puts it), burdened with clueless, hopelessly self-absorbed parents (Elizabeth Perkins, D.D. Sweeney) and her own introverted nature. But there's much more to it than that, and director Jessica Sharzer, who co-wrote the screenplay, deftly balances flashbacks of the traumatic event that turned Melinda into a virtual mute with her pained attempts to deal with its aftermath; the two stories, past and present, unfold together, keeping us involved all the way to the film's unsettling but cathartic conclusion. Powerful, moving, and well-acted (the adult roles occasionally veer toward stereotype, but the kids' performances are consistently good), Speak is a compelling and admirable piece of work. --Sam Graham

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