Pay It Forward

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$55.7M

Young Trevor McKinney, troubled by his mother's alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father, is caught up by an intriguing assignment from his new social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet. The assignment: think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor conjures the notion of paying a favor not back, but forward--repaying good deeds not with payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people. Trevor's efforts to make good on his idea bring a revolution not only in the lives of himself, his mother and his physically and emotionally scarred teacher, but in those of an ever-widening circle of people completely unknown to him.

🏆 1 win & 4 nominations total

Director

Mimi Leder

Cast

Kevin Spacey, Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt

Released

20 October 2000

Runtime

2h 3m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

7.2 / 10

Votes

128,223

Metascore

40

Rotten Tomatoes

39%

Box office

$33,519,628

Budget

$40,000,000

Edition

Base