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The Cure (1995)

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 11
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Critic Reviews: 5
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Movie Info

Erik (Brad Renfro) is a 13-year-old boy whose single mother, Gail (Diana Scarwid), has just moved to a new home in Minnesota. Erik feels like a fish out of water with his Southern accent, and he has trouble making friends until he meets Dexter (Joseph Mazzello), a kid a year or two younger who lives next door. Erik and Dexter get along fine, but Gail tells Erik not to go near Dexter when she learns that he contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion a few years ago. Erik ignores his mother's

PG-13, 1 hr. 39 min.

Drama, Kids & Family

Directed By: Peter Horton

In Theaters: Apr 21, 1995 Wide

On DVD: Nov 23, 2004

Cast

Joseph Mazzello
Dexter
Brad Renfro
Erik
Annabella Sciorra
Linda
Diana Scarwid
Gail
Bruce Davison
Dr. Stevens
Nicky Katt
Pony
John Beasley
Skipper #2
Aeryk Egan
Tyler
Renee Humphrey
Angle
John Lynch
Skipper #1
Mary McCusker
Nurse Murphy
Peter Moore
Male Nurse
Bill Schoppert
Funeral Director
Shirley Venard
Nurse Snyder
Samantha Lemole
Funeral Attendant
Jeremy Howard
Tyler's Buddy
Andrew Broder
Tyler's Buddy
Rosemary Corman
Elderly Woman on Street
Stephen D'Ambrose
Bus Station Clerk
Rodney W. England
Final Doctor
Delphine French
Tyler's Girlfriend
Craig Gierl
Jim
Dale Handevidt
Skipper
Delia Jurek
Angry Woman
Fran Korba
Elderly Woman in Market
Raymond Nelson
Skipper #3
Mona Powell
Tyler's Girlfriend
Mychael T. Rambo
Garbage Man
Laurie A. Sinclair
Cheryl
David Alan Smith
Garbage Man
Scott Stockton
Skipper

Critic Reviews for The Cure

All Critics (20) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (6)

Practically screams 'TV movie.'

January 1, 2000 Comment

Susan Wloszczyna

USA Today

Top Critic

A surprisingly sweet film, featuring two young actors who know what they're doing.

January 16, 2003 Comment

Blake Davis

KFOR Channel 4 News

A touching tale of friendship lost and found

September 17, 2002 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

The Cure is more of a series of anecdotes than a narrative story, and there are all kinds of contrived encounters that are meant to be amusing and charming, but which often feel like underdeveloped stereotypes.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Chris Hicks

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Tear Jerkers don't come with any more powerful than cute kids getting AIDS. Joseph Mazzello and Brad Renfro made a great pair and made the characters seem real and their actions believable. The story is extremely touching and one of the first movies to really touch on the disease. While it's not perfect and it does

June 8, 2010

Conner Rainwater

Super Reviewer

The Cure is a very unique and touching drama from Children of The Corn director, Peter Horton. The film takes plays early on in the AIDS crisis, before there were effective drugs, in a time when it was thought that only homosexuals and drug addicts had it. Dexter (Joe Mazzello) is picked on to the point where he can't

October 30, 2007

Todd Smith

Super Reviewer

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