Pay It Forward
Director: Mimi Leder
IMDB Rating: 6.70 out of 10 (15767 votes)
A school social studies assignment leads to social changes that spread from city-to-city. Assigned to come up with some idea that will improve mankind, a young boy (Haley Joel Osment) decides that if he can do three good deeds for someone and they in turn can “pay it forward” and so forth, positive changes can occur. What appears to initially be a failure, is indeed a success that is not immediately known but is traced backwards by a reporter who is a benefactor. The initial recipients of the boy are a drug addict (James Cavaziel), his badly scarred school teacher (Kevin Spacey), and his alcoholic mother (Helen Hunt). While physically and mentally scarred by past events, the teacher is not the only one bearing scars. The young boy fears his mother’s fate, particularly at his brutal, alcoholic father’s (Jon Bon Jovi) hands. The mother also bears scars from her childhood with a homeless, alcoholic mother (Angie Dickinson).
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Taglines: 1: #1 It has to be something that really helps people. #2 Something they can’t do by themselves. #3 I do it for them, they do it for three other people. These are the rules when you pay it forward on October 20th.
2: A movie from the heart that connects with the heart.
3: Have You Heard?
4: Is it possible for one idea to change the world?
5: Some favours you are not allowed to pay back.
6: Sometimes The Simplest Idea Can Make The Biggest Difference.
7: When someone does you a big favor, don’t pay it back… Pay It Forward
Actors: Spacey Kevin (Eugene Simonet), Hunt Helen (Arlene McKinney), Osment Haley Joel (Trevor McKinney), Mohr Jay (Chris Chandler), Caviezel James (Jerry), Bon Jovi Jon (Ricky McKinney), Dickinson Angie (Grace), Ramsey David (Sidney), Werntz Gary (Thorsen), Flynn Colleen (Woman on Bridge), Donato Marc (Adam), Wilhoite Kathleen (Bonnie), Snyder Liza (Michelle), Arnette Jeanetta (Nurse), Werntz Hannah (Thorsen’s Daughter),
