A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance.A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance.A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Jim Caviezel
- Jerry
- (as James Caviezel)
Hannah Leder
- Thorsen's Daughter
- (as a different name)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaIn the scene where Helen Hunt's character strikes her son Trevor across the face, Haley Joel Osment requested that she actually hit him to make it seem more realistic. However, director Mimi Leder declined to allow that to happen in the film.
- GoofsThe point of triage in an ER is to identify and treat patients in need of immediate care. No nurse in his/her right mind would pass over a girl having an acute asthma attack for an obviously stable man with a gunshot wound, no matter what order they arrived in.
- Quotes
Trevor McKenney: I think some people are too scared, or something. I guess it's hard for people who are so used to things the way they are - even if they're bad - to change. 'Cause they kind of give up. And when they do, everybody kind of loses.
- SoundtracksYou Gotta Move
Written and Performed by Sam Cooke
Featured review
A film of surprising majesty mainly because of its sincerity to convey the tale of a young (American) high school student, touchingly and masterfully played by the then 12-year-old Haley Joel Osment, who, at the instigation of his new teacher's challenge to the class, comes up with a beautiful and simple plan to make a difference in the world, involving doing a good turn to not just one person but three, who then, in turn, return the gift themselves to three more people, thereby very quickly spreading goodness in both directions, in the giving and receiving, in the most unlikely places and ways. Warning: a tear-jerker!
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,519,628
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,631,359
- Oct 22, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $55,707,411
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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