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Pay It Forward
The film tells the story of a social studies teacher who gives an assignment to his junior high school class to think of an idea to change the world for the better, then put it into action. One of his students, Trevor, plans a charitable program based on the networking of good deeds. He calls his plan 'pay it forward'.
17 November 1971, Detroit, Michigan, USA
8 June 1959, Colombo, Sri Lanka
23 May 1962, New Jersey, USA
28 June 1988, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
17 November 1986, California, USA
26 September 1968, Mount Vernon, Washington, USA
16 August 1986, Tampa, Florida, USA
29 June 1964, Santa Barbara, California, USA
19 July 1989, California, USA
June 23, 2008
Ironic, isn't it, that a film about human decency takes place in Vegas?
October 14, 2007
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.
January 01, 2000
Unceasingly manipulative.
January 29, 2005
It is a movie that will not only find but charm -- or should we say con? -- a certain kind of audience.
December 27, 2010
A bit syrupy, but sentimental teens may enjoy it.
December 06, 2005
Despite a ton of good intentions, the picture is numbingly obvious and crushingly sentimental.
March 22, 2002
Less a worthy achievement than a nice try.
October 18, 2007
The film seems manufactured to furrow a cynic's brow before bringing up their lunch.
January 01, 2000
If a movie can coax tears out of me, touch me in a way that the tears flow naturally, more power to it. But stealing my tears by beating me over the head with manipulated schmaltz is a cheat.
June 25, 2001
With its smorgasbord of moralizings, Pay It Forward is a confusing welter of sentiment.
November 06, 2002
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.'
June 04, 2001
Not since Gump has there been such a pandering, faux-virtuous package of populist pap for Hollywood to shove in the faces of electioneering politicos and say: Look, we don't just market unwholesome swill to families, we market wholesome swill, too.