ペイ・フォワード
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ラスベガスに住むアルコール依存症の母と、家を出て行った家庭内暴力を振るう父との間に生まれた、少年トレバー。 中学1年生(アメリカでは7年生)になったばかりの彼は、社会科の最初の授業で、担当のシモネット先生と出会う。先生は「もし自分の手で世界を変えたいと思ったら、何をする?」という課題を生徒たちに与える。生徒達のほとんどは、いかにも子供らしいアイディアしか提案できなかったが、トレバーは違った。彼の提案した考えは、「ペイ・フォワード」。自分が受けた善意や思いやりを、その相手に返すのではなく、別の3人に渡すというものだ。 トレバーはこれを実践するため、“渡す”相手を探す。仕事に就かない薬物中毒の男、シモネット先生、いじめられている同級生…。 いろいろと試みるものの、なかなかうまくいかず、「ペイ・フォワードは失敗だったのではないか」とトレバーは思い始める。しかし、トレバーの気づかないところで、このバトンは次々に受け渡されていた。
製作費: $40,000,000 (60億円)
興行収入: $55,707,411 (84億円)
純利益: $15,707,411 (24億円)
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**The world can't change by itself, we must bring it.** After watching this film I just remembered the quote from 'Sullivan's Travels' which says 'film's the greatest educational medium the world has ever known'. Indeed, cinema's for entertainment as well acts as a message deliverer. This was an inspirational movie, and everybody must see it. I know I'm a bit late to see it, better late than never, right? I'm really glad for having it at the right time because 15 years ago I did not have this blog to write about it. OK, the name of the movie represents the theme of the story. No matter its a developed or developing country, society needs something like the idea this movie talks about. Carrying a good social message, the movie slightly lags behind the too much on the emotions, especially the end part. There won't be a problem if you like melodrama. Other than that, I feel the conclusion was smart and strong, a better solution which would appeal for certain group rather alternate finale. The film was based on the novel of the same name, crafted by a fine director with the wonderful cast. Haley Joel Osment had a great career as a child-star, you should check some of his films if you love children's movies including this title on the top of that list. As a middle aged actor, Helen Hunt's one of the last best performances before turning into a senior artist. It's not a usual role for Kevin Spacey, but he nailed it with the good dialogues. Especially his talk about the topic 'child abuse' was a great thing from the movie. Overall, the actors get more credit for the first- class acts as the script demanded for their respective roles. > What did you ever do to change the world. A movie about a man who achieved in science gets the Oscar, not that real man. A movie about a man escapes from the war prison camp and slavery gets the award, and again none of those real persons. But a movie with the original, intelligent, inspiring, specially designed for a movie was not even a contender of the Oscars. Of course, it was transformed from a book, though there are/were no real people behind these great characters, all are imagined/created for the book and the movie. I never understood the American Academy Awards. By now you would know that I hate critics badly if you are a regular reader of my blog. Once again they failed to recognise how great the morality of the story is, rather they have concentrated to criticise the writing and the technical aspect of the film. Although, it was not a box office flop or earned beyond, but got a lot of praise from the families. It's a wonderful family drama, but still too far from being a masterpiece. Intelligent enough one to get motivated towards the social issues. Being practical in the real world is a concern as it is risky, depending on the situation and the person, just like this movie's ending. Rare to find a movie like this, you must check it out. 8/10
