The Cure1995
The Cure (1995)
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Cast
as Dexter
as Erik
as Linda
as Gail
as Dr. Stevens
as Pony
as Tyler
as Angel
as Jim
as Cheryl
as Tyler's Girlfriend
as Tyler's Buddy
as Tyler's Buddy
as Elderly Woman in Street
as Garbage Man No. 1
as Garbage Man No. 2
as Angry Woman
as Elderly Woman in Market
as Skipper No. 1
as Skipper No. 2
as Skipper No. 3
as Skipper No. 4
as Skipper No. 5
as Bus Station Clerk
as Nurse Snyder
as Nurse Murphy
as Tyler's Girlfriend
as Male Nurse
as Final Doctor
as Funeral Director
as Funeral Attendant
Critic Reviews for The Cure
All Critics (11) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (6)
Practically screams 'TV movie.'
A surprisingly sweet film, featuring two young actors who know what they're doing.
A touching tale of friendship lost and found
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.
Audience Reviews for The Cure
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 go to school and the only one who will talk to him is Erik. (Brad Renfro) While the film wants you to see Erik as pure and open minded, the truth is he's a loner who I don't think really understood the origins of the disease and why the other kids picked on Dexter. Both Mazzello and Renfro give outstanding performance for what must of been a hard film to work on, especially at such a young age. Horton defiantly made the right choice in selecting two young actors, who had been in major films prior to The Cure. An inexperienced cast probably wouldn't have gotten as involved in the role as these two did. Overall, the story is strong, the acting is top notch, and it's definitely a tearjerker, that's well worth the price of admission.
Super Reviewer
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 fall under some of the cliches of the genre, it's still very good and for the most part original.
Super Reviewer
A touching story with two wonderful leads: Joseph Mazzello and the late Brad Renfro.
Super Reviewer
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