Elijah Wood,
Joseph Mazzello,
Lorraine Bracco,
John Heard,
Adam Baldwin
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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 w... read more
Directed by: Richard Donner
Release Date: February 21, 1992
Keywords:
tom hanks,
elijah wood,
child abuse,
younger brother,
joseph mazzello,
Tom Hanks ,
Elijah Wood ,
Joseph Mazzello
DVD Release Date: October 12, 2004
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July 8, 2010"Powered by imagination."
A father recounts a dark period of his childhood when he and his little brother lived in the suburbs.REVIEW
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November 22, 2009A powerful story about brothers. It has great performances from Elijah Wood and Joseph Mazzello. It is a very brave film and doesn't shy away from risque topics. In fact, the subject matter is quite mature and unlike the majority of kids movies.
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September 15, 2008Sort of hard to watch, but good. The boys were excellent and really got into the roles, which makes a difference.
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August 4, 2007One of those movies that you love when you're a kid, but when you watch it again when you're older, it doesn't have the same effect.
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March 15, 2010sad film but very good elijah wood and joesph mazzelo are good at playing two brothers one who is suffering from child abuse
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March 10, 2010I absolutely love this movie. It is so moving it will have the toughest person crying. I wanted to kick their mother's ass when i watched this movie. it is about 2 boys who try to escape their situation and the way they do it is great!
Critic Reviews
April 15, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Richard Donner's Radio Flyer is one of those infrequent and embarrassing efforts of a perfectly adequate Hollywood director to make the kind of offbeat movie for which he has no aptitude at all. Full Review
May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Despite the flaws, Evans's thoughtful script and the unclichTd performances of Wood and Mazzello exert a powerful grip. The film stays with you.
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
It all makes for a soaring -- and tearful -- ending. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Radio Flyer pushes so many buttons that I wanted to start pushing back. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
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. Full Review
October 26, 2008
Clint Morris, Tsunami Magazine
One of the most touching films ever made. A must-see
April 15, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide
The resulting film is like a travesty of a Spielberg paean to childhood innocence -- an uplifting fantasy about child abuse and suicide. Full Review
February 9, 2006
Time Out
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. Full Review
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