Pay It Forward (film): Difference between revisions

'''''Pay It Forward''''' is a 2000 American [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Mimi Leder]]. The film is based loosely on the [[Pay It Forward (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Catherine Ryan Hyde]]. It is set in Las Vegas, and it chronicles 11- to 12-year-old Trevor McKinney's launch of a goodwill movement known as "[[pay it forward]]". It stars [[Haley Joel Osment]] as Trevor, [[Helen Hunt]] as his alcoholic single mother Arlene McKinney, and [[Kevin Spacey]] as his physically and emotionally scarred social studies teacher Eugene Simonet. The film was released on October 20, 2000 to mixed reviews and grossed $55 million worldwide.