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Release Date: October 20, 2000
Genre: Drama
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Leslie Dixon
Cast: David Ramsey, Liev Schreiber, Jay Mohr, Angie Dickinson, James Caviezel, Jon Bon Jovi, Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osmet
Studio: Warner Brothers
Running Time: 123 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements including substance abuse/recovery, some sexual situations, language and brief violence.

A teacher (Kevin Spacey) challenges a boy (Haley Joel Osmet) to make the world a better place. The boy decides to "pay it forward" (instead of payback) with the basic concept that every time he helps someone, that someone will help three people, and those three people will each help three people, and so forth...

The boy also takes in a homeless man....

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Haley Joel Osmet's last movie was The Sixth Sense. He got an Academy Award for it. Kevin Spacey's last wide release was American Beauty. He was an Academy Award for it. Helen Hunt has won an Academy Award. When you put them all together, it is hard to have low expectations. Full movie review »

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