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Radio Flyer

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Radio Flyer
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PG13,1hr 54min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1992
Director:
Richard Donner
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Elijah Wood, Joseph Mazzello, Lorraine Bracco  ...more
Synopsis: Two brothers are the victims of their widowed mother's violent drunkard husband who spares no rod with the youngest brother. Reverting to a world of make-believe, they imagine that their Radio Flyer wagon can fly and that in it they can escape their tormenting stepfather. This film deals in an almost make-believe manner with the serious issue of child abuse. It is narrated by Tom Hanks. ~ All Movie Guide
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Jason Buchanan, AMG Review
Though at times falling into the familiar trappings of over-sentimentalized family melodrama, Richard Donner's sensitive tale of a childhood marred by abuse is ultimately redeemed by Elijah Wood and Joseph Mazzello's fine performances and Donner's symbolic handling of the material. It goes without question that child abuse is a difficult topic to present to an audience, though with screenwriter David ... Full Review
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