This movie was pretty bad. It was about a young boy who receives a project from his teacher and he decides to use the chance to start a movement called "pay it forward", where one person goes and does three good things for three people and each of those people do three things for other people and so on. This was based on a book and the book's characters were African-American but they changed them to Caucasian for this film (I have no clue why). This was somewhat durogatory, as the one black character in the film was portrayed as a gangster/thug (he steals a radio and then pulls out a gun in the hospital after he is stabbed by his sister). It also portrayed every single homeless person as either a heroin addict or alcoholic, as Helen Hunt's mother in the film had a bottle of liquor in every scene. I am not denying that many people have substance abuse problems, but not all of them do. This film was sad at times but it was generally stupid. Feel free to email me with any questions or comments.
Review of Pay It Forward
