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Helen Hunt and Kevin Spacey surely do not disappoint and Haley Joel Osment performs perfect, giving everything one could expect from such a young actor. Jon Bon Jovi is the surprise among the cast and adds a nice flavor to an already delicious dish. From the beginning until the very end, the movie manages to touch somewhere deep in your heart, and although I did not the book it was based on, the plot makes a lot of sense in its entirety and shines with its originality.

It does not come with numerous awards or an exceptionally high IMDb rating, but it really is a very good movie. FAQ 1. Is this movie based on a true story? Details Edit. Release date October 20, United States. United States. Warner Bros. Bel Air Entertainment Tapestry Films. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit.

Runtime 2 hours 3 minutes. Related news. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. But the benefit we receive must be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody.

Heinlein later started a humanitarian organization, the Heinlein Society, known for abiding by a pay it forward philosophy.

It is dedicated to teaching it to others. The phrase and concept inspired an award-winning novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde, which features a young protagonist who launches a pay it forward campaign. Hyde then established the Pay It Forward foundation, committed to spreading various acts of kindness around the globe.

Her novel was adapted into a major motion film in , further helping to make pay it forward a household phrase and inspiring Pay It Forward Day, April 28th, organized since Pay it forward is used by the general population in both oral speech and writing.

What is the point of all this? It has been proven that acts of kindness build exponentially in a community and because people believe that one good deed deserves another.

That was what Leah Doperalski thought when she used her nursing skills to help make life better for Jamaicans living in the Blue Mountains. But even if you don't go to the Blue Mountains, nursing is just one way to live your life paying it forward.

Paying it forward can be part of anyone's daily life. Whether you decide to take up a life of service to the community or join the business world , you can incorporate the philosophies of the Pay it Forward Movement into your career.

Characters struggle with drug and alcohol addictions. A woman who is trying to stop drinking hides bottles of vodka in her house and drinks when stressed. Beer and alcohol drinking in bars. Marijuana smoking. A character is addicted to heroin, with track marks on his arm. Cigarette smoking. Parents need to know that Pay it Forward is a movie in which Haley Joel Osment plays a 7th grade boy who, inspired by his social studies teacher, comes up with a way for people to practice random acts of kindness, which he hopes will lead to the world becoming a better place.

This movie has frequent profanity, including one use of the "N" word, as well as a tween boy who calls one of his bullies "a fag.

There are references to severe domestic abuse. There are some fights, one resulting in mortal injury. A character attempts suicide. Another shoots his gun, though no one is injured.

A character dies tragically. There's a scene in which a woman is on top of a man in bed, starting to take his shirt off.

A character's burn scars may be upsetting. Teens may be especially concerned by the violence that occurs at a school, despite the metal-detectors kids walk through as they enter. Add your rating See all 11 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 31 kid reviews. Seventh grader Trevor Haley Joel Osment has every reason to believe that life is harsh and painful. His parents are alcoholics and his father is either absent or abusive. He walks into school every day through a metal detector.

Outside his classroom window is an endless expanse of desert. And his mom works two jobs in a city filled with despair, Las Vegas. But then his teacher Eugene Kevin Spacey encourages his students to "backflip" the world into something better.

He doesn't expect much -- maybe a clean-up of some graffiti. But Trevor decides to do three important favors for people who need them. Then, instead of allowing them to pay it back, he will ask each of them to "pay it forward," doing three favors for other people, and asking them to do the same. One of Trevor's favors is to bring his mom Arlene and Eugene together, though it turns out that it's not just to make them happier.

Arlene and Eugene put all of their effort into making sure they don't get hurt again until they learn that it's risking hurt that makes us alive. If it sounds syrupy, go see something else.

Haley Joel Osment portrays Trevor as an extraordinary child, wise and sensitive beyond his years because of what he has had to face, but still completely believable as an year-old.

Helen Hunt is heartbreaking as Arlene, a recovering alcoholic with a history of loss and abuse. And Kevin Spacey is breathtaking in a role that's a departure from the tough and wily guys he often plays.