Pay It Forward PG-13

When someone does you a big favor, don't pay it back... Pay It Forward
Pay It Forward
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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 3 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: November 3, 2009
  • Originally Released: 2000
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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Total Count: 129

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 275,131
Rating: 3.5/4 -- Spacey and Hunt create interestingly layered characters who are hiding parts of themselves from themselves. And come Oscar time, Osment once again may be saying, 'I see tuxedoed people.' Full Review
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Nov 6, 2002
...Haley Joel Osment proves that his intuitive Oscar-nominated effort in THE SIXTH SENSE was no fluke...
USA Today
Oct 20, 2000
Rating: 2.5/4 -- Less a worthy achievement than a nice try. Full Review
Globe and Mail
Mar 22, 2002
Rating: 4/5 -- A bit syrupy, but sentimental teens may enjoy it. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Dec 27, 2010
Rating: 3.5/5 -- Ironic, isn't it, that a film about human decency takes place in Vegas?
Filmcritic.com
Jun 23, 2008
Rating: C -- It is a movie that will not only find but charm -- or should we say con? -- a certain kind of audience.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Jan 29, 2005
Rating: 2.5/4 -- There is a clear-cut difference between 'Oscar bait' and 'Oscar worthy,' which Mimi Leder's sentimental crock of a drama illustrates all too well. Full Review
TheMovieReport.com
Oct 14, 2007

Product Description:

Based on a best-selling novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde and boasting the star power of two Oscar winners and a young nominee--Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment--PAY IT FORWARD spins a heartwarming yarn about an 11-year-old boy who comes up with an utopian idea as a project for school. History teacher Eugene Simenot (Spacey) offers the same ongoing extra-credit assignment he has proffered every year: Come up with an idea that will change the world. However, he expects nothing more from his students than halfhearted efforts that fall far shy of their mark. Simenot is therefore unprepared for precocious, irrepressible Trevor McKinney (played with wide-eyed wonder by Osment), who conjures up a stunning scheme. Trevor suggests the concept that every person who benefits from someone else's good deed should "pay it forward," instead of paying it back, and in turn offer favors to three other people. The first guinea pig for Trevor's experiment is his overworked, imperfect mom (Helen Hunt) for whom he tries to find a boyfriend.

Director Mimi Leder, best known for such powerful thrillers as DEEP IMPACT, imbues the solid script of PAY IT FORWARD with a more grandiose aura. However, it is the movie's triumvirate of heralded stars--Spacey, Hunt, and Osment--that propels this compelling yarn.

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  • UPC: 883929091256
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