A bittersweet and underrated drama.
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04/20/04
Radio Flyer (1992)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:12
Rotten:15
Average Rating:4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Two young brothers' lives are turned upside down when their new alcoholic stepfather enters their world and begins to beat young Bobby. Devoted to their mom, they come up with their own solution... [More]
Starring: Lorraine Bracco, John Heard, Ben Johnson, Elijah Wood
Director: Richard Donner
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Reviews for Radio Flyer
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03/12/04
One of the most touching films ever made. A must-see
10/26/08
It all makes for a soaring -- and tearful -- ending.
01/01/00
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07/07/05
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01/05/05
Donner has never been known as one who directs with a light touch, and Radio Flyer suffers from the same sense of weightiness that has bogged down so many of his other pictures.
01/01/00
Despite the flaws, Evans's thoughtful script and the unclichTd performances of Wood and Mazzello exert a powerful grip. The film stays with you.
05/12/01
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07/31/02
Equal parts sappy and sincere.
10/22/02
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05/24/07
It's not a total loss, but the voice-over is infuriatingly overdone, as if the film-makers didn't trust the visuals, the kids are resistible and the tone's discomfortingly cute.
02/09/06
This perverse script is flying without a pilot.
04/15/08
The resulting film is like a travesty of a Spielberg paean to childhood innocence -- an uplifting fantasy about child abuse and suicide.
04/15/08
Embarrassing, sentimental crap.
07/26/02
One has to wonder what Donner really had in mind with this picture. It doesn't say anything serious about child abuse. It doesn't search for any serious answers.
01/01/00
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04/03/04
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12/18/04
Donner has a reputation for manhandling scripts, and you get the feeling that buried beneath his stalker-movie techniques is a real movie, with a genuine feel for its characters and its subject.
01/01/00
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