Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sam Worthington | ... | Jack | |
Ed Oxenbould | ... | Dylan | |
Deborah Mailman | ... | Maureen | |
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Ena Imai | ... | Kimi |
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Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke | ... | Jason |
Julian Dennison | ... | Kevin | |
Terry Norris | ... | Grandpa | |
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Peter Rowsthorn | ... | Mr. Hickenlooper |
David Wenham | ... | Patrick | |
Alex Williams | ... | Jethro | |
Prea Cunningham | ... | Classmate | |
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Talei Howell-Price | ... | Headmistress |
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Daniel Holliday | ... | Teacher |
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Caroline McKenzie | ... | Grandpa's Lady Friend |
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Sally Sander | ... | Grandpa's Lady Friend |
After an unexpected introduction to the world of competitive paper-plane throwing, the timid twelve-year-old, Dylan Weber, finally makes it to the Aussie Junior Championships in Sydney. However, with a resigned father living in the past, Dylan will have to use his resourcefulness to come up with a winning paper-plane model for the World Junior Paper Plane Championship in Tokyo, to compete against skilful and very ambitious contestants. Clearly, at the end of Dylan's great adventure, the only important thing is fighting for what matters in life--and even though winning is something--never giving up is everything. Written by Nick Riganas
So the movie doesn't really have a strong plot or even that intriguing eventful story but it was really enjoyable i think the fact that it is predictable makes you concentrate of the events flowing rather than what's gonna happen next .. The idea of the movie is new, never heard of a paper planes contest and it probably doesn't exist "apart from down under" and i think that what made the movie a bit more appealing and watchable. The script is average like these type of Family genre movies doesn't really need too much complications on the screenplay.
As for the cast; Sam Worthington appearance was nice, haven't seen him in ages !! since like Avatar !!! Ed Oxenbould's performance was spot on , he's a star on the making .. and also that chubby kid Julian Dennison gosh he's really funny.
Overall, the movie is not that strong, speaking in matter of the plot or the script but the story is new and i enjoyed watching it.