Mel Gibson, Gaby Hoffmann, Nick Stahl

Chuck wants to leave home but can't make the grade for boarding school. Then he finds out the disfigured recluse living nearby is an ex-teacher.

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PG-13, 116 min.

Directed by: Mel Gibson

Release Date: August 25, 1993

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DVD Release Date: February 24, 2004

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  • September 25, 2009
    Mel Gibson garbage
  • October 27, 2008
    Sad movie about a man with a disfigurement who helps a young boy who's grades are slipping.
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • September 24, 2007
    been a while.
  • August 5, 2007
    Sad but wonderful as well. I really liked it.
  • November 3, 2009
    The movie was amazing and mel gibson did a very good job in his directional debut. The only thing I didnt like was him being accused of child molestation.
  • October 20, 2009
    Mel Gibson's directorial debut is a surprisingly thoughtful, literate and enjoyable - if rather melodramatic - tale about the relationship between a good teacher and a fine young student. Gibson stars as Justin McLeod, the physically and psychologically-scarred victim of a tragic...( read more) automobile accident that claimed the life of a student some years ago. McLeod is now faced with living every single day with the facial scars he survived the crash with. His world is altered one day when Chuck (Nick Stahl, in his feature debut), a curious young man whose mother is a serial bride (she has three kids by three different husbands AND a new fiancee'), WANTS to leave home to attend a fancy boarding school and thus comes seeking his tutorial assistance. The film is about the relationship between Chuck, who is fatherless and rumored to be mentally handicapped as well as emotionally unstable, and this former teacher who needs to trust someone, and needs someone to trust him. Malcolm MacRury's screenplay adaptation of a novel by Isabelle Holland is an intelligent, if slightly sudsy affair, with an appreciative grasp of the English language. Gibson, as a director, is thoughtful and competent enough, and has crafted an engaging and worthy little film.
  • October 4, 2009
    it's a drama about a disfigured guy with a haunting past who helps out a little kid to pass his exams and by spending time together they will learn some lessons in life from each other ... the kid was great and Mel Gibson of course was awesome he also directed this film too
  • September 23, 2009
    amazing... i lvoed this
  • September 17, 2009
    Well, as his first directorial debut, this is the second best film Mel Gibson ever directed. Films like The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto are insulting in their own ways and degrees, but this has actually a moving plot and a decent story. Modest in its own way, this is a f...( read more)ilm that shouldn't be missed just because this is one of the few good films he directed (that's 2, lol).

    54/100

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