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Adapted from the novel, Freak the Mighty, the film explores a building of trust and friendship. Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin...
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The Mighty: Directed by Peter Chelsom. With Harry Dean Stanton, Gena Rowlands, Elden Henson, Douglas Bisset. Kevin suffers from a Morquio's syndrome, which weakens his heart and stunts his growth. Maxwell has dyslexia and towers above his classmates.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Peter Chelsom
- 1998-10-30
In this uplifting buddy comedy-drama, based on the popular young adult novel FREAK THE MIGHTY, a pair of teenager's courageous adventures and forming friendship adds up to exceptional entertainment.
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Kevin is a 12-year-old boy who suffers Mucopolysaccharidosis IV, or Morquio syndrome. He is extremely intelligent and prone to flights of fancy, but is physically crippled and is forced to walk with crutches and a brace. Max is an over-sized, yet, good-natured 14-year-old boy suffering from dyslexia who lives with his grandparents. He has flunked t...
Elden Henson as Maxwell "Max" Kane, The Mighty.Kieran Culkin as Kevin Dillon, FreakSharon Stone as Gwen DillonGena Rowlands as Susan "Gram" PinnemanThe book is very similar to this movie adaptation. The title was originally to be "Freak the Mighty", but it was changed to "The Mighty" because "Freak the Mighty" sounded too harsh to the studio.
Perhaps the most major difference is how in the book, Max runs into the hospital and breaks into the room where Freak told him he would get a new body, only to find it empty and be told the truth b...The other biggest difference is that in the book, Freak's surname is Avery, in the movie, it is Dillon.The book is set in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The film, however, is set in South Cincinnati, Ohio.When the kids are shouting "Killer Kane, Killer Kane, had a son whose got no brain," in the book it's written "Killer Kane, Killer Kane, had a kid whose got no brain."Although The Mighty had a very small budget and was seen by few (only grossing $2 million at the box office) the reviews it did receive were highly positive, and The Mightyreceived critical acclaim. The film currently holds a 75% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and a 78% from audiences. The general critics' consensus simply states: "...
The Mighty is a 1998 American coming of age buddy comedy-drama film directed by Peter Chelsom and written by Charles Leavitt. Based on the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, the film stars Sharon Stone, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson, Harry Dean Stanton, Kieran Culkin, James Gandolfini and Elden Henson.
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