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Pay It Forward
Description
The film tells the story of a social studies teacher who gives an assignment to his junior high school class to think of an idea to change the world for the better, then put it into action. One of his students, Trevor, plans a charitable program based on the networking of good deeds. He calls his plan 'pay it forward'.
The film tells the story of a social studies teacher who gives an assignment to his junior high school class to think of an idea to change the world for the better, then put it into action. One of his students, Trevor, plans a charitable program based on the networking of good deeds. He calls his plan 'pay it forward'.
Actors:
Jon Bon Jovi,
Tim DeZarn,
Rebeca Cristian,
Angie Dickinson,
Nico Matinata,
Loren D. Baum,
Kathleen Wilhoite
Jon Bon Jovi
2 March 1962, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Tim DeZarn
11 July 1952, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Rebeca Cristian
Angie Dickinson
30 September 1931, Kulm, North Dakota, USA
Nico Matinata
Loren D. Baum
Kathleen Wilhoite
29 June 1964, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Genre:
Drama
Country:
United States
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Film.com
January 01, 2000
If a movie can coax tears out of me, touch me in a way that the tears flow naturally, more power to it. But stealing my tears by beating me over the head with manipulated schmaltz is a cheat.
Common Sense Media
December 27, 2010
A bit syrupy, but sentimental teens may enjoy it.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
January 29, 2005
It is a movie that will not only find but charm -- or should we say con? -- a certain kind of audience.
October 18, 2007
The film seems manufactured to furrow a cynic's brow before bringing up their lunch.
Filmcritic.com
June 23, 2008
Ironic, isn't it, that a film about human decency takes place in Vegas?
January 01, 2000
Unceasingly manipulative.
March 22, 2002
Less a worthy achievement than a nice try.
October 14, 2007
There is a clear-cut difference between 'Oscar bait' and 'Oscar worthy,' which Mimi Leder's sentimental crock of a drama illustrates all too well.
New York Magazine/Vulture
June 25, 2001
With its smorgasbord of moralizings, Pay It Forward is a confusing welter of sentiment.
December 06, 2005
Despite a ton of good intentions, the picture is numbingly obvious and crushingly sentimental.
Rolling Stone
June 04, 2001
Not since Gump has there been such a pandering, faux-virtuous package of populist pap for Hollywood to shove in the faces of electioneering politicos and say: Look, we don't just market unwholesome swill to families, we market wholesome swill, too.
November 06, 2002
Spacey and Hunt create interestingly layered characters who are hiding parts of themselves from themselves. And come Oscar time, Osment once again may be saying, 'I see tuxedoed people.'
