Radio Flyer

Radio Flyer (1992)

  • 32% of critics liked it
    (37 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

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PG-13,
Directed By
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Feb 21, 1992 Wide
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer

    Donner and Evans can't find a way to extricate themselves from the impossible structure they have erected. They remain locked into the odd combination of the dreamy and the dreadful that is entirely of their own devising.

  • John Hartl, Seattle Times

    A very odd, expensive, ambitious failure that tries hard to achieve the Spielberg touch but succeeds only in reminding you of how few filmmakers can successfully lay claim to his territory.

  • Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

    Radio Flyer is a well-meaning failure, a muddled fantasy about child abuse that ponderously attempts to combine the grace of legend with the earnestness of a public-service announcement.

  • Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

    A movie is not a public-service announcement, and a movie that tries to squeak by on intentions doesn't generally doesn't get very far. Viewed from any normal perspective, Radio Flyer never takes off.

  • Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune

    A queasy combination of whimsy and child abuse.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Tim S


    An interesting story, but not all that memorable.

  • Thomas J


    Sweet, sappy and predictable.

  • Lorenzo v


    <i>"Powered by imagination."</i> A father recounts a dark period of his childhood when he and his little brother lived in the suburbs. <center><font size=+2 face="Century… More

  • Conner R


    A 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.

  • Jason S


    A good one with kids who belive they can build a flying machine.

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