Pay It Forward Reviews

Pay It Forward Review
by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2.5/4)
There's a telling scene in "Pay it Forward" in which Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey) explains to Arlene McKinney (Helen Hunt) how he received the disfiguring burns which cover his entire body. By the time he's halfway through his description of the...more

Pay It Forward Review
by Jerry Saravia
You have heard the concept before. You receive an e-mail or a letter in the mail regarding a great new opportunity - you send one dollar to seven addresses and they will send one dollar to seven others, and so on. Before you know it, you will make...more

Pay It Forward Review
by Faust667 AT aol DOT com
You have heard the concept before. You receive an e-mail or a letter in the mail regarding a great new opportunity - you send one dollar to seven addresses and they will send one dollar to seven others, and so on. Before you know it, you will make...more

Pay It Forward Review
by Shannon Patrick Sullivan
Directed by Mimi Leder. Screenplay by Leslie Dixon, based on the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Starring Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, Kevin Spacey. Running time: 124 minutes. Rated AA by the MFCB. Reviewed on November 18th, 2000. more

Pay It Forward Review
by Ron Small
When critics attack seemingly well-intentioned films like PATCH ADAMS or more recently PAY IT FORWARD as I am about to do, their opinions are often greeted with a backlash of angry e-mails, sometimes even mock death threats from those who (I suppose)...more

Pay It Forward Review
by Chad Polenz
The concept of "Pay It Forward" is a simple plan developed by a 12-year-old boy to change the world. You'd think that would be more than enough plot for a major motion picture to work with wouldn't you? Imagine the possibilities of a movie showing how...more

Pay It Forward Review
by ram DOT samudrala AT stanford DOT edu
Imagine you're despairing over a major problem in your life, and someone comes along and solves it for you, relatively unconditionally. All you have to do is "pay it forward", i.e., do a similarly big favour to three others. Would you do it? more

Pay It Forward Review
by Ram Samudrala
Imagine you're despairing over a major problem in your life, and someone comes along and solves it for you, relatively unconditionally. All you have to do is "pay it forward", i.e., do a similarly big favour to three others. Would you do it? more

Pay It Forward Review
by Scott Renshaw
PAY IT FORWARD (Warner Bros.) Starring: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr, James Caviezel, Jon Bon Jovi, Angie Dickinson. Screenplay: Leslie Dixon, based on the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Producers: Peter Abrams, Robert Levy and...more

Pay It Forward Review
by Mark R Leeper
Capsule: A seventh grade teacher challenges his students to change the world. Then one implements a scheme that might just do it. Given the premise, this is a surprisingly adult and moving drama....more

Pay It Forward Review
by Homer Yen
In "Pay It Forward" (based on Catherine Ryan Hyde's recent book), a melodrama brimming with cynicism, we see that bad things happen to good people. What's worse, the more good you do, the more you'll get punished for it. more
Pay It Forward Review
by Chad Polenz
The concept of "Pay It Forward" is a simple plan developed by a 12-year-old boy to change the world. You'd think that would be more than enough plot for a major motion picture to work with wouldn't you? Imagine the possibilities of a movie showing how...more
Pay It Forward Review
by Ross Anthony
Spacey: "This is the seventh grade. You're probably thinking you can close your eyes and hold your breath till it's all over -- that's not an option ... Okay so you're not global thinkers yet, but why not?" more
Pay It Forward Review
by Steve Rhodes
In Mimi Leder's PAY IT FORWARD, seventh grade social studies teacher Eugene Simonet throws out his standard challenge to his new students ("Think of an idea to change our world -- and put it into action."). Eugene, a severe-burn victim, is played in...more
Pay It Forward Review
by Christopher Null
PAY IT FORWARD A film review by Christopher Null Copyright 2000 filmcritic.com filmcritic.com more
Pay It Forward Review
by Edward Johnson-Ott
Pay It Forward (2000) Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr, James Caviezel, Jon Bon Jovi, Angie Dickinson, David Ramsey, Gary Werntz. Music by Thomas Newman. Screenplay by Leslie Dixon, based on the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Directed...more
Pay It Forward Review
by David N. Butterworth
There's a telling scene in "Pay it Forward" in which Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey) explains to Arlene McKinney (Helen Hunt) how he received the disfiguring burns which cover his entire body. By the time he's halfway through his description of the...more
Pay It Forward Review
by John Sylva
Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment are out to make the world a better place-and no, this isn't the sequel to X-Men. (Of course it isn't-Hollywood wouldn't be stupid enough to let Mimi Leder helm a comic book flick, only films that would...more
Pay It Forward Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten Warner Bros./Bel-Air Entertainment Director: Mimi Leder Writer: Leslie Dixon, novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde Cast: Kevin Spacey, Joel Haley Osment, Helen Hunt, Jay Mohr, James Caviezel, John Bon Jovi, Angie Dickinson more
Pay It Forward Review
by John Popick
What do an alcoholic titty-bar waitress, an obsessive-compulsive 7th grade teacher and a kid with beady little eyes and giant teeth have to do with each other? You can find out in Pay it Forward, a button-pushing film with terrific acting, an...more
Pay It Forward Review
by Berge Garabedian
What would you expect if you put together a cast featuring an Oscar-winning actor in Kevin Spacey, an Oscar-winning actress in Helen Hunt, an Oscar-nominated actor in little Haley Joel Osment and an Oscar-nominated Musical Score guy in Thomas Newman...more
Pay It Forward Review
by Robin Clifford
"Think of an idea to change our world - and put it into action" - that is the first assignment posed by Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey) to his new seventh grade social studies class. One young boy, Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment), takes the assignment...more