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Mimi LederScenario:
Leslie DixonCamera:
Oliver StapletonMuziek:
Thomas NewmanActeurs:
Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr, James Caviezel, Jon Bon Jovi, Angie Dickinson, David Ramsey, Colleen Flynn, Marc Donato (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
De jonge Trevor krijgt een opmerkelijke nieuwe opdracht van z'n leraar maatschappijleer: bedenk een manier om de wereld te verbeteren. Trevor bedenkt een plan, waarbij iedereen een goede daad moet doen voor drie mensen, die dat op hun beurt ieder weer bij drie anderen moeten doen. Op het eerste gezicht lijkt het idee te mislukken, maar na een tijdje slaat het idee toch aan, wat een geweldige verandering teweeg brengt in de omgeving van Trevor. (Warner Bros. Pictures)
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The hard-hitting dialogues unfortunately do not make up for the insanely sentimental backbone of the film, which is cynical to the point of woe. The characters are flat and simple, everything is superficial without any believability or realism. Throughout the film, Mimi Leder presents us with a fairytale story about a good boy, whose final act forces the viewer to shed a tear. I can imagine the sweaty director behind the camera trying to shoot some scenes with the highest possible dose of tearfulness, that's how it looks according to the final product. It's not completely bad and the script initially has a relatively interesting storyline. Unfortunately, it becomes increasingly clichéd and tearjerking. About eighty percent insincere.
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Upon the second viewing, I couldn't help but wonder if the director didn't just make up the shocking twist ending to add a more emotional and fateful touch to her otherwise serious romantic story. However, since I really enjoy Kevin Spacey in this civil role and I enjoy being emotionally squeezed, I have no complaints and fondly remember this aspect. This is greatly aided by the excellent music by Thomas Newman, which adds a beautifully nostalgic touch of lost memories to the film.
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Irritating cynicism that goes hand in hand with shallowness that has no equal. Not even the actors can pull it off. Although... actually it's hard to judge, because with one bright exception they don't act much anyway.
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An overly sentimental and manipulative Hollywood tearjerker for the masses that’s diminished by its own lack of credibility. But as an emotional viewer, I was still moved by it.
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The actors were great, but the screenwriter must have had an internship in a Venezuelan TV studio. Pay It Forward could have been a nice film with a positive message, but the monstrous, emotional blackmail of the ending made it typical Hollywood crap, good only for drooling over the tears of leftover popcorn on the laps of soap opera fans.
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