Release Year: 2000 Rating: PG-13 Duration: 123 minutes Director: Mimi Leder Producer: Leslie Dixon, Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy, Steven Reuther Distributor: Warner Brothers
Pay It Forward is a feel-good family story about a social studies teacher, Eugene Simonet, who challenges his 11-year-old students to come up with an idea that will change the world. Trevor McKinney decides to step up to the plate. His idea is a game called "pay it forward." In the game, every time somebody does a favor for you, you "pay it forward" to three other people. Surprisingly, the idea seems to work, helping his teacher to come out of his shell and reveal a dark past, and bringing his mother, Arlene McKinney--who works two jobs to keep their household afloat--new freedom.
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Angie Dickinson as Grace Haley Joel Osment as Trevor McKinney Helen Hunt as Arlene McKinney James Caviezel as Jerry Jay Mohr as Chris Chandler Jim Caviezel as Jerry Kevin Spacey as Eugene Simonet