Pay It Forward

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(drama, romance)

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)..

actors:

Kevin Spacey as Eugene Simonet
Helen Hunt as Arlene McKinney
Haley Joel Osment as Trevor McKinney
Jay Mohr as Chris Chandler
James Caviezel as Jerry
Jon Bon Jovi as Ricky McKinney
Angie Dickinson as Grace
David Ramsey as Sidney
Gary Werntz as Thorsen
Colleen Flynn as Woman on Bridge
Marc Donato as Adam
Kathleen Wilhoite as Bonnie
Liza Snyder as Michelle
Jeanetta Arnette as Nurse
Hannah Werntz as Thorsen's Daughter
directors:
Mimi Leder
rating:6.70

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