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Pay It Forward (12-Oct-2000)
Director: Mimi Leder Writer: Leslie Dixon From novel: Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde Music by: Thomas Newman Producers: Steven Reuther; Peter Abrams; Robert L. Levy Keywords: Drama, Teachers A young boy from a troubled home acts on a teacher's assignment to find a way to improve the world around him.
ABSTRACT
Trevor McKinney is a young man with an embattled background, living in fear of his abusive absent father and alcoholic mother. One day at school, Trevor receives a life-changing assignment from social studies teacher Eugene Simonet: Devise, and set into motion, an idea to change the world for the better. With the blessing of his teacher, Trevor conjures up a plan to "pay it forward", performing good deeds in response to deeds done for him with a view to setting off a domino effect of strangers performing random acts of kindness for one another.
CAST | Kevin Spacey | ... Eugene Simonet | | Helen Hunt | ... Arlene McKinney | | Haley Joel Osment | ... Trevor McKinney | | | Jay Mohr | ... Chris Chandler | | James Caviezel | ... Jerry | | Jon Bon Jovi | ... Ricky | | David Ramsey | ... Sidney | | Gary Werntz | ... Thorsen | | Kathleen Wilhoite | ... Bonnie | | | and | | Angie Dickinson | ... Grace | | | Colleen Flynn | ... Woman on Bridge | | Marc Donato | ... Adam | | Liza Snyder | ... Michelle | | Jeanetta Arnette | ... Nurse | | Hannah Werntz | ... Thorsen's Daughter | | Tina Lifford | ... Principal | | Loren D. Baum | ... Rough Kid #1 | | Nico Matinata | ... Rough Kid #2 | | Zack Duhame | ... Rough Kid #3 | | Shawn Pyfrom | ... Shawn | | Alexandra Kotcheff | ... Alexandra | | Bradley White | ... Jordan | | Christi Colombo | ... Christi | | Phillip Stewart | ... Phillip | | Justin Parsons | ... Justin | | Myeshia Dejore Walker | ... Myeshia | | Brenae Suzanne Davey | ... Brenae | | Molly Kate Bernard | ... Molly | | Andrew Patrick Flood | ... Andy | | Tameila N. Turner | ... Tameila | | Julian Correa | ... Julian | | Carrie Ann Sullivan | ... School Girl | | Patricia Deanda | ... Change Girl | | Ryan Berti | ... Hallway Kid #1 | | Gabriela Rivas | ... Hallway Kid #2 | | Carrick O'Quinn | ... Man in Window | | Stephanie Feury | ... Woman in Window | | Bernard White | ... Cop | | Tom Bailey | ... Liquid Man #1 | | Tim deZarn | ... Liquid Man #2 | | Jonathan Nichols | ... Liquid Man #3 | | Ron Keck | ... Lowlife #1 | | John Powers | ... Lowlife #2 | | Bob McCracken | ... Creepy Middle-Aged Man | | Frank Whiteman | ... Doctor | | Eugene Osment | ... Cop Who Gives Directions | | Kendall Tenney | ... Male Newscaster | | Sue Tripathy | ... Female Newscaster | | Rusty Meyers | ... News Stand Guy | | Leslie Dilley | ... The Governor |
REVIEWS Review by banion48 (posted on 4-Apr-2005) Although I am a big Kevin Spacey fan I was not such a fan of this movie. Perhaps it was Haley Joel Osment's stiltled performance that ruined it for me, or the fact that in the book Eugene Simonet (Spacey) is a gruff, black Vietnam Veteran, but that's besides the fact. The *adults* in the film give a wonderful performance. Hunt portrays a struggling, alcoholic mother; Spacey slips inside a character that was horribly scarred as a teen, creating a jaded, lonely adult; and Osment bounces from pane to pane trying to appear as adorable as he did in the Sixth Sense but just coming off as a sucrose, wanna-be adult. Jon Bon Jovi has a cameo in this flick (!), and it also features an idealistic view of the world in which one good deed will automatically spawn others.
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