mollymm-82798 Review of Speech & Debate

Speech & Debate (2017)

The movie centers around the same 3 teen archetypes we see in every teen movie.

[5/10 · 14 June 2017]

As an active competitor in speech and debate, I was thrilled to see a movie that I thought would explore the ins and outs of the forensics world! However, I was extremely disappointed to see that, in a movie titled Speech & Debate, with most descriptions and summaries claiming it to be about speech and debate, there was actually very little speech and debate in the movie. Furthermore, it only highlighted 3 events out of all the popular, fun events on the national circuit. But, lack of forensics aside, the movie still isn't great. Diwata's pregnancy scare was predictable, the characters don't get much retribution for their mistakes, and it has a strong trying-too-hard vibe in its attempts to show the struggles of modern teenagers.