I saw the movie pay it foward a long time ago, but i can't remember what was soo sad at the end. can u tell me

Question

also don't u think that haley joel osment waz so cute when he waz little? he is cute now but cuter when he waz little. puberty does that to u. he is such a good actor. (p.s, what is the name of thhat little piece of plastic at the end of your shoelace). o yeah, can some one give me a summary of the movie? or at least a link to a web site that has it?

Answer 1

A school social studies assignment leads to social changes that spread from city-to-city. Assigned to come up with some idea that will improve mankind, a young boy (Haley Joel Osment) decides that if he can do three good deeds for someone and they in turn can "pay it forward" and so forth, positive changes can occur. What appears to initially be a failure, is indeed a success that is not immediately known but is traced backwards by a reporter who is a benefactor. The initial recipients of the boy are a drug addict (James Cavaziel), his badly scarred school teacher (Kevin Spacey), and his alcoholic mother (Helen Hunt). While physically and mentally scarred by past events, the teacher is not the only one bearing scars. The young boy fears his mother's fate, particularly at his brutal, alcoholic father's (Jon Bon Jovi) hands. The mother also bears scars from her childhood with a homeless, alcoholic mother (Angie Dickinson).



P.S. The end is sad because Haley Joel Osmond gets stabbed and dies

Answer 2

It was a sad movie. Haley Joe Osmond got stabbed at school by a bully for doing something nice for someone else. Then all the people who were affected came to his house for a candle light memorial for him, and made his mom cry.

P.S. the shoelace thingy is called an Aglet.

Answer 3

This is how it ends:

After Trevor's apparently unsuccessful attempt to help Jerry, he decides to help Eugene by setting him up with his mother. Their relationship grows in strength until Arlene's ex-husband (Jon Bon Jovi) shows up unannounced and Arlene decides to give him another chance, who claims he has "changed" and has quit drinking alcohol.

When Arlene later tries to explain her choice to Eugene, the audience learns how Eugene's burns were the result of terrible child abuse by Eugene's father. Eugene is concerned not just about the abusive and violent nature of Trevor's father, but that the simple absence of a loving father is detrimental to Trevor's well being. Arlene feels that she must nevertheless give her ex husband another chance, but shortly thereafter he becomes angry and violent and it appears that he has not in fact stopped drinking alcohol. Arlene realises what a terrible mistake she has made. She feels that Eugene will never take her back, and Eugene for his part is not prepared to rekindle the relationship.

Chris finally tracks down Trevor as the originator of "pay it forward," which appears to be turning into a social movement, and conducts an interview at the school. Trevor explains his hopes for the concept, but voices his concerns that people may be too afraid to change their own lives in order to make the whole world a better place. Eugene and Arlene are both present during the interview. When Eugene hears Trevor's words he realises that he and Arlene should be together.

As Eugene and Arlene reconcile with a passionate embrace, they hear shouts and scuffling outside. Trevor has come to the defence of a friend who is being attacked by bullies, and is trying to fight them off although they are older and bigger. As Eugene and Arlene run down to stop the fight, the main bully impulsively pulls a knife and stabs Trevor. Trevor is rushed to hospital but dies from the stabbing.

Terribly distraught, Arlene and Eugene are later watching a television news report about "pay it forward" and Trevor's death, and learn that the movement has grown nationwide. Venturing outside, they witness hundreds of people gathering in a vigil to pay their respects to Trevor, while more people are arriving in a constant stream of vehicles visible off into the distance.

Answer 4

He dies.
I remember I never cried so much in a film. I kept on crying after I got home. It was horrible.
I was reading the book and got really inspired, then I watched the film before finishing the book. What a shock!
Try searching for it on www.imdb.com it usually has reviews and summaries of all films.
www.wikipedia.com might come in handy as well.

Answer 5

At the end the boy dies, its very sad. The plastic thing at the end of your shoelace is called an eyelet

Answer 6

The little boy died. That was the sad part... Below are a few links about the movie and book!

Answer 7

The little boy was stabbed to death by a fellow student when he tried to help his friend fend off bullies

Answer 8

the little boy died at the end, was stabbed by another student while defending another child at school. The teacher and the mother also end up getting back together.

Answer 9

the little boy tries to help his friend but in doing so gets stabbed by one of the bullies and ends up dieing

Answer 10

What was so sad, is mainly that the boy was murdered by other boys, one of whom had a knife. They were bullies. I wonder if the boy's mother and teacher married, and or had children. And I wonder if they did, if they named one of them after the boy. That would've honored him.