Pay It Forward (PG-13, 2000)

This was a touching movie, although some people may not like it. It was well acted, but I did not like the ending. I thought it was just put in so there was a sad moment, but overall it was still a great movie.

*Sex - Mother works at a strip club *Violence - Stabbing near end *Language - Frequent profanity *Social Behavior - The point of the movie was about helping other people *Commercialism - None *Drugs/Alcohol - Child helps mother beat drinking problem Rating:***** (5/5)

this movie was incredibly sad. The movie is about a young 11/12 year old boy trying to make a difference in the world. The movie does claerly have many positive messaes about carring for others to make the world a better place and helping people in need ect......... But even though the film has positive messages you must keep in mind it is a very sad and somewhat vilont film. Characters talk about abuse they suffered or someone else suffered including beating and burning. Some vilonce iseven shown on screen including a young boy being stabbed in the stomach and constint somewhat scary arguments between characters. The ending is sad and heartbreaking but the ending does show that if you try hard and dont give up you can make a diffrence. Some parts of this film i have to edmit where even to intense for me to watch. That is why i recomend pay it forward to teens ages 13 and up.

Good concept, but the movie has some funny moments, but mostly sad moments that are too much for teens.

Pay It Forward was a moving film about cause and effect and consequences. It hit home about anyone's actions causing ripples in the water of the world. If you have the chance to see this, I would recommend you do. It is a story and a concept you won't ever forget. BUT -- our DVD box on the back says "Extraordinary Family Film" NOT! It totally depends on how old your family members are!!! I would say anyone below 14 shouldn't see it. There is alcoholism, drugs, violence, bad language, and sexual situations. The ending would not be one a younger child could handle. SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER What I think would most disturb any younger viewers though is the fact that the boy this story is about is killed at the end. It was incredibly emotional for the 3 adults I watched this with and there is no way our children could have handled this hopeful story with this sad end. Though the point is poignantly made about this boy's effect on the world, it is a hard ending to take.

i frikin love this movie, has an absolute fabulous message. deep for sure so uh probably not best for kids under 12. honestly, i wouldnt watch it again, its a one time movie for me, its quite sad, for anyone who hasn't watched it, it is sad so i recommend watching a comedy or something. aside from the sadness it has some of its funny parts, most certainly touching i mean ive never really been touched by many movies but this makes the the list. i would recommend it to anyone, just know that its sad, also i think Haley Joel Osment does a fantastic job. he plays as an 11 almost twelve year old seventh grader named Trevor who has every right to hate like, but he takes this social studies class with Mr. Simonet (Kevin Spacey, who also does a fantastic job) Mr. Simonet encourages the kids to go out and make a difference in the world. Trevor goes out and starts something called "the pay it forward plan" meaning if i did something nice for you, you would have to go out and keep the chain of good deeds going. I don't want to say to much, its a movie you'll just have to watch. I can't say enough about it, i love it, and thats rare for me to like a sad movie.

Great movie with inspiring messages. It made me want to help people, and coincidentally I have since watching it today. I just called 911 to save a woman being attacked and possibly raped in my neighborhood. Very good movie, a charactder swears a lot. 15+ sh**ts. Some sexuality. Drinkig throughout. Emotional.

Rebecca Varberg Professor Jossart English 110 November 7, 2011 Pay It Forward The world is a large place with millions of different kinds of people. Some are good and some not so much. Sure chances of changing the world are pretty slim, but what if one person tried. If that one person was successful in helping someone else and it then caused that person to help other people, maybe changing the world would be possible. Could this be realistic or will people just remain the same as they are today? A young boy, Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment), who is troubled by his alcoholic mother, Arlene McKinney (Helen Hunt), and fears his abusive absent father, Ricky McKinney (Jon Bon Jovi), is working on his social studies assignment. This assignment is extra credit and asks the students to think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor comes up with the plan to do a favor for three people in need, but instead of those people returning the favor back to him, they pay the favor forward to three different people in need and it keeps building from there. The people that Trevor picked were a drug addicted homeless man, Jerry (Jim Caviezed), his emotionally scarred and burned social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet (Kevin Spacey), and a class mate that was always being bullied, Adam (Marc Donato). Trevor doesn’t think that his three people paid the favor forward, so he believes his project was a complete failure. Although throughout the movie you see that reporter, Chris Chandler (Joy Mohr), is slowly tracing this successful story back to Trevor. Trevor would not be able to see much of his accomplishment with this project because at the end of the movie, Trevor dies by being stabbed by another student, who is bullying Adam. This movie is the perfect example of how a movie should be; it makes you laugh, cry a lot, and it is something that stays in your heart and keeps you thinking for weeks afterwards. This movie seems realistic when it comes to the problems faced by people in everyday life. These real life problems that affect everyday people are alcoholism, divorce, drug addictions, child abuse, and so much more. If you were to go into any classroom and talk to ten to twenty students, you would probably find students that are facing these problems at home. This is an extremely horrible thing that children have to deal with and I think that people sometimes just look the other way and try to ignore it. Movies like this will hopefully open people’s eyes and they will learn that they can do something to help. This movie shows that it takes one person to start a movement to change someone’s life for the better. The part of the movie that was unrealistic is changing the world. Yes, one person can make a difference, but they cannot change the word. The movie shows that Trevor’s plan to “Pay It Forward” works, but it is a movie. In real life, I could not picture people doing the favors that were done in this movie, for example the first favor you see is someone giving away their Jaguar car to the reporter, after the reporter’s car is damaged. It would be wonderful if “Pay It Forward” could happen, but it is highly implausible. The world would be a beautiful place if only people would be willing to help each other and not expect a favor back. I never heard of this movie before, up until a couple weeks ago when a friend came over and suggested we watch the movie. I now would recommend everyone to watch it. It may not have the happiest ending, but it shows that one person can make a difference no matter what their age. Some one that is in their teens could impact the world just as much, if not more, than someone in there fifties.

oits a good movie but it has too much achohol and smoking involved and it has strong language