When someone does you a big favor, don't pay it back...
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
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Character
Earnest, contemporary, classical in form and spare.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
Who loves it, who doesn't
26 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Formalists.
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Answer first; then see how everyone, and your circle, split.
“Is Kevin Spacey the best thing in Pay It Forward?”
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“Does it tie things up too neatly?”
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
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Cast
- Kevin SpaceyEugene Simonet
- Helen HuntArlene McKinney
- Angie DickinsonGrace
- Haley Joel OsmentTrevor McKinney
- Jay MohrChris Chandler
- Jim CaviezelJerry
- Jon Bon JoviRicky McKinney
- David RamseySidney Parker
- Gary WerntzMr. Thorsen
- Colleen FlynnWoman on Bridge
Crew
- Mimi LederDirector
- Leslie DixonScreenplay
- Catherine Ryan HydeNovel
- Oliver StapletonDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- David RosenbloomEditor
- Steven ReutherProducer
- Robert L. LevyProducer
- Peter AbramsProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
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The Good Doctor 201780% alikeTelevision · Both contemporary, earnest, classical in form.
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