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‘Speak.’ Review: A Rousing Documentary About Five Teenagers Vying to Win an Oratory Competition
Premiering at Sundance, Jennifer Tiexiera and Guy Mossman's documentary 'Speak.' is crowd-pleasing entertainment in the vein of sports movies.
It has a linear and easily digestible narrative, vivid and empathetic protagonists and a format that unspools like a sports film, depicting the triumph and disappointment of competition. Following a year in the life of five American teenagers as they prepare and perform to win a national oratory contest, “Speak.” is so rousing and audience-friendly, it plays like the nonfiction equivalent of “Bend It Like Beckham” or “A League of Their Own.” More context is given to their stories as the films show them with their families and coaches, offering a few snippets of joyful teenage lives with friends, siblings and romantic crushes.
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