Radio Flyer (1992)
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41% of critics liked it
(29 reviews) -
72% of users liked it
(15,238 ratings)
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… More 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. ~ Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Donner
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Feb 21, 1992 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
A film one would like to like more.
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, 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.
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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.
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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.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
It all makes for a soaring -- and tearful -- ending.
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Cast
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Elijah Wood
as Mike
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Joseph Mazzello
as Bobby
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Lorraine Bracco
as Mary
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John Heard
as Daugherty
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Adam Baldwin
as The King
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Ben Johnson
as Geronimo Bill
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Tom Hanks
as Older Mike
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Sean Baca
as Young Fisher
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Robert Munic
as Older Fisher
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Daniel Bieber
as 2nd Boy
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William J. Bonnel
as Uncle
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Lennard Camarillo
as 4th Fisher Friend
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Victor di Mattia
as Little Raymond
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T.J. Evans
as Big Raymond
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Lois Foraker
as Aunt
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James W. Gavin
as Pilot
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Adam Hendershott
as 1st Boy
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Garette Ratliff Henson
as Chad
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Joan Hyman
as 2nd Ticket Taker
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Stephen Kahan
as Coffee Shop Manager
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Henry LaPlante
as Priest
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Susan Gale Linn
as Waitress at Coffee Shop
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Coleby Lombardo
as 1st Fisher Friend
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Michael Maiello
as Gas Station Patron
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John Mazzello
as School Boy
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Thomas Ian Nicholas
as Ferdie
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Scott Lloyd Nimerfro
as Golfer
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Isaac Ocampo
as Jorge Hernandez
- Rhea Perlman
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Elden Ryan Ratliff
as 3rd Fisher Friend
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Reye Reed
as Restaurant Patron
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Kaylan Romero
as Jesus Hernandez
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Hattie Schwartzberg
as 1st Ticket Taker
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Dawan Scott
as Bigfoot
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Mike Simmrin
as 2nd Fisher Friend
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Paul Tuerpé
as Market Cashier
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Hannah Wood
as School Girl
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Steven Anthony Jones
as Postman
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James Oliver
as Gas Station Attendant
- Judy Taylor
- Valorie Massalas
- Mike Fenton
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Abraham J. Verduzco
as Carlos Hernandez
