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100
Viewer score based on 12 votes.

Critic Score

40
Critics' score based on 34 reviews.
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tHIS AN IDEA THAT SHOULD BE SPREADING THAT AN INCREDABLE RATE!!! DO SOMETHING GOOD, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS OVER TOP AND FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL BE... LIFE CHANGING AND YET YOU CAN AFFORD BUT ALSO AT THE TOP OF YOUR LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS LIFE CHANGING AND THERE IS NO TURNING BACK Full Review

February 27,2012
ginnbob04

What an incredible movie. Loved how the characters were developed and how mesmerizing they were. I usually only listen to a movie but I could not... ake my eyes away from this one. The premise of \"paying it forward\" is definitely one this world needs. Spacey, Hunt, Osment, and Caviezel were so believeable. This movie touched my soul. Full Review

October 16,2011
baublond

Fantastic movie....even better idea

October 02,2011
mediaent

Incredable movie, should be shown more often. Just to make people think

July 20,2011
makeascene615

I wish every movie made you think about how you are living your own life. Wonderful movie.

April 01,2009
RacyRed11
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Critic Reviews

The kind of film you've got to admire simply for the way it squares its shoulders and plunges into a message of unfashionable idealism.Full Review

Jay Carr
Boston Globe

The combination of restrained writing and direction and top-of-the-line acting is enough to make even confirmed agnostics want to believe in this unashamed fairy tale.Full Review

Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times

An unusual film that intelligently avoids numerous potential pitfalls even if its central earnestness is ultimately inescapable.Full Review

Todd McCarthy
Variety

With a cleaner story line, the basic idea could have been free to deliver. As it is, we get a better movie than we might have, because the performances are so good.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Either you will weep uncontrollably during the final 10 minutes or so of this bittersweet fable...or the urge to gag will be overwhelming.Full Review

Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today
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