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Pay It Forward is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Mimi Leder. The film is based loosely on the novel of the same name by Catherine Ryan Hyde. It is set in Las Vegas, and it chronicles 11- to 12-year-old Trevor McKinney's launch of a goodwill movement known as "pay it forward". It stars Haley Joel Osment as Trevor, Helen Hunt as ...
Synopsis. A 12-year-old schoolboy in Las Vegas, Nevada named Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) is given a class project to complete by his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey), a man with terrible burn scars on his face and neck. His task is to come up with a plan that will change the world through direct action.
Ending / spoiler. Trevor dies after being stabbed by the bullies when standing up for a boy in his class called Adam, who often gets pushed around. Pay It Forward did succeed even though Trevor thought it didn't. Vegas mourns his death, turning up in large numbers at his mother's home, who Trevor managed to set up with his Social Studies teacher.
- Mimi Leder
- Kevin Spacey
A teacher gives his students the task: “Think of an idea that will change the world and then put it into action!”. At first reading, this sounds unattainable even for an adult, let alone a child. It looks the same for the seventh-graders in the film, but only before they think about it. One of the students (Haley Joel Osment) comes up with ...
Oct 20, 2000 · 122 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2000. Roger Ebert. October 20, 2000. 4 min read. Someone does you a good turn. You pass it on to three other people. They pass it on. And what a wonderful world this will be. That’s the theory behind “Pay It Forward,” a movie that might have been more entertaining if it didn’t believe it.
Jan 23, 2001 · Pay It Forward (2001) This is a sentimental and emotionally convincing story about decency and change. It is not only about the possibility of being decent towards one's own kith and kin, or to ...
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Pay It Forward: Directed by Mimi Leder. With Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr. A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance.
