Drama

Pay It Forward

Bel Air Entertainment

Warner Bros. Pictures

Tapestry Films

United States of America

English

Kevin Spacey

Helen Hunt

Angie Dickinson

Haley Joel Osment

Jay Mohr

Jim Caviezel

Jon Bon Jovi

David Ramsey

Gary Werntz

Colleen Flynn

Marc Donato

Kathleen Wilhoite

Liza Snyder

Jeannetta Arnette

Hannah Leder

Tina Lifford

Loren D. Baum

Nico Matinata

Zack Duhame

Shawn Pyfrom

Alexandra Kotcheff

Bradley White

Christi Colombo

Phillip Stewart

Justin Parsons

Myeshia Dejore Walker

Brenae Suzanne Davey

Molly Bernard

Andrew Patrick Flood

Tameila N. Turner

Julian Correa

Carrie Sullivan

Patricia Deanda

Ryan Berti

Gabriela Rivas

Carrick O'Quinn

Stephanie Feury

Bernard White

Tom Bailey

Tim DeZarn

Jonathan Nichols-Navarro

Ron Keck

John Powers

Bob McCracken

Frank Whiteman

Eugene Osment

Kendall Tenney

Sue Tripathy

Rusty Meyers

Leslie Dilley

Billie Perkins

Leslie Dixon

Mimi Leder

David Rosenbloom

Oliver Stapleton

Maggie Peterson

Geraldine Leder

Steven Reuther

David H. Venghaus Jr.

Jonathan Treisman

G. Marq Roswell

Buddy Joe Hooker

Mary McLaglen

Steve Danton

Mo Henry

Renee Ehrlich Kalfus

Robert L. Levy

Jeff 'JJ' Dashnaw

David Orr

Johnny Martin

Kevin LaRosa

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Thomas Newman

Peter Abrams

Jack Wolpa

Mick Cukurs

Scott Andrew Ressler

Jeremy Bradley

Peg Cummings

Stephen S. Campanelli

Bill Coe

Michael McGuire

Lawrence A. Hubbs

Gary Speckman

Mark Hopkins McNabb

Dwight Joseph Lavers

Scott Elias

John 'Fest' Sandau

Richmond Riedel

Philip Keller

J. Patrick Daily

Marcos Alvarez

Isaac Friedman

Julie Pitkanen

Christopher S. Aud

Chris Lombardi

James R. Tynes

Gregory Plotkin

J. Paul Huntsman

Paddy Sam Carson

Barry Idoine

Raul A. Bruce

Bill Bernstein

Siobhan Prior

Bobby McMahan

James Simcik

Gregg Rudloff

Terry Garcia

Jeff Cranford

John T. Reitz

Mark Morrell

Patrick J. Foley

David E. Campbell

John F. Reynolds

Lee Lemont

David Horton Jr.

Eric Gotthelf

Shaun M. McGovern

Dana Brunetti

Denise Heinrich

Candice D. Campos

Michelle Pinkney

Tangi Crawford

Thomas J. O'Connell

Paul Prenderville

Stacey Berns

Hallie Sirota

Nadine Haders

Douglas Fox

David Horton Sr.

Thomas Pasatieri

Cary Levine

Joel Iwataki

Elaine Patarini

Lynda Foote

Dennis McCarthy

David Werntz

John Voss Bonds Jr.

Catherine Harper

Michael P. Sweeney

Larry McGuire

Kevin Bartnof

Jeanmarie Murphy-Burke

Brigette Roux-Lough

Stevie Lazo

China Iwata Fox

Dori Kancher

Norman Howell

Reno

**The world can't change by itself, we must bring it.**

After watching this film I just remembered the quote from 'Sullivan's Travels' which says 'film's the greatest educational medium the world has ever known'. Indeed, cinema's for entertainment as well acts as a message deliverer. This was an inspirational movie, and everybody must see it. I know I'm a bit late to see it, better late than never, right? I'm really glad for having it at the right time because 15 years ago I did not have this blog to write about it.

OK, the name of the movie represents the theme of the story. No matter its a developed or developing country, society needs something like the idea this movie talks about. Carrying a good social message, the movie slightly lags behind the too much on the emotions, especially the end part. There won't be a problem if you like melodrama. Other than that, I feel the conclusion was smart and strong, a better solution which would appeal for certain group rather alternate finale.

The film was based on the novel of the same name, crafted by a fine director with the wonderful cast. Haley Joel Osment had a great career as a child-star, you should check some of his films if you love children's movies including this title on the top of that list. As a middle aged actor, Helen Hunt's one of the last best performances before turning into a senior artist. It's not a usual role for Kevin Spacey, but he nailed it with the good dialogues. Especially his talk about the topic 'child abuse' was a great thing from the movie. Overall, the actors get more credit for the first- class acts as the script demanded for their respective roles.

> What did you ever do to change the world. 

A movie about a man who achieved in science gets the Oscar, not that real man. A movie about a man escapes from the war prison camp and slavery gets the award, and again none of those real persons. But a movie with the original, intelligent, inspiring, specially designed for a movie was not even a contender of the Oscars. Of course, it was transformed from a book, though there are/were no real people behind these great characters, all are imagined/created for the book and the movie. I never understood the American Academy Awards.

By now you would know that I hate critics badly if you are a regular reader of my blog. Once again they failed to recognise how great the morality of the story is, rather they have concentrated to criticise the writing and the technical aspect of the film. Although, it was not a box office flop or earned beyond, but got a lot of praise from the families. It's a wonderful family drama, but still too far from being a masterpiece. Intelligent enough one to get motivated towards the social issues. Being practical in the real world is a concern as it is risky, depending on the situation and the person, just like this movie's ending. Rare to find a movie like this, you must check it out.

8/10

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