Pay It Forward (2000)

Directed by

Mimi Leder

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 2,036 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 12 year old boy in Las Vegas starts a goodwill movement where each person does a favor for three other people. The story follows the boy, his alcoholic mother, and his scarred teacher as the movement grows.

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What happens

Pay It Forward is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Mimi Leder. The film is based loosely on the novel of the same name by Catherine Ryan Hyde. It is set in Las Vegas, and it chronicles 12 year-old Trevor McKinney's launch of a goodwill movement known as "pay it forward". It stars Haley Joel Osment as Trevor, Helen Hunt as his alcoholic single mother Arlene McKinney, and Kevin Spacey as his physically and emotionally scarred social studies teacher Eugene Simonet. The film was released on October 20, 2000, to mixed reviews and was a box office disappointment, grossing $55.7 million worldwide against a $40 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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