Pay It Forward
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: October 20, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
16
Negative:
8
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30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
At its core, a very manipulative piece of work. Read full review
30
TimeRichard Schickel
As rigged as a casino slot machine, preying on people's hopes but paying off only for the house.
30
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
No wonder Arlene (Hunt) keeps a bottle of vodka in the chandelier. You would too with this demonic, passive-aggressive, New Age munchkin (Osment) trying to run your life. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The truth is that this programmatic Christian parable is pretty unbearable--glib, often myopic, and reeking with sentimentality and self-pity. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Pushes and pushes and pushes the emotional throttle without respite. Read full review
20
NewsweekDavid Ansen
If this is what Hollywood considers serious, important filmmaking, maybe the movie industry should stick to the low road.
10
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Crass manipulation can clean up at the box office, so do your part: Nail this flick as a bottom feeder and pay the bad word forward to three others.
0
Village VoiceDennis Lim
An overflowing septic tank of chicken-soupy sanctimony that proceeds from casually offensive hypocrisy to wretchedly inapt religiosity. Read full review
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