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Pay It Forward is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Mimi Leder. The film is based loosely on the novel of the same name by Catherine Ryan Hyde. It is set in Las Vegas, and it chronicles 11- to 12-year-old Trevor McKinney's launch of a goodwill movement known as "pay it forward".
- $55.7 million
- October 20, 2000
- $40 million
- Thomas Newman
Oct 20, 2000 · A young boy tries to change the world by paying good deeds forward instead of back in this heartwarming movie starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
- (122K)
- Drama
- Mimi Leder
- 2000-10-20
A young boy tries to change the world by doing good deeds for three people who must pay it forward. His plan affects the lives of his teacher, his mother, a homeless man, and many others in a chain reaction of kindness.
Oct 20, 2000 · A movie about a boy who tries to change the world by paying good deeds forward to three people. Roger Ebert praises the performances but criticizes the plot and the ending as too predictable and soapy.
When one young student creates a plan for "paying forward" favors, he not only affects the life of his struggling single mother, but he sets in motion an unprecedented wave of human kindness...
- (10K)
- Mimi Leder
- PG-13
- Kevin Spacey
