Tagline: Sometimes the simplest idea can make the biggest difference.
Based on a novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde, this movie is about a boy named Trevor McKinney, Haley Joel Osment, who is inspired by his social studies teacher Mr. Simonet, Kevin Spacey, and comes up with a school project based on a simple concept: Don't wait to pay back good deeds; pay them forward three times over. One of the boy's attempts to do good includes bringing his teacher together with his alcoholic single mother Arlene, Helen Hunt.
This Drama is rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements including substance abuse/recovery, some sexual situations, language and brief violence.
Aside from Spacey, Hunt and Osment, the film stars Jay Mohr, Jon Bon Jovi, Angie Dickenson and James Caviezel.
Mimi Leder directed, Leslie Dixon wrote and Warner Bros. released the film.
The movie’s running time is 2 hours and 2 minutes.
In its 4th week out, the movie made $3,075,000, giving it a total of $29,400,000.
Official Website: http://payitforward.warnerbros.com/Pay_It_Forward/. - Albawaba.com.
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