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The Cure

Play trailer 2:18 Poster for The Cure PG-13 1995 1h 39m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Having just moved to a new town, Erik (Brad Renfro) is thrilled when he makes friends with his younger neighbor, Dexter (Joseph Mazzello), and his friendly mom (Annabella Sciorra). Despite the disapproval of his own neglectful mother (Diana Scarwid), Erik grows close to Dexter, who suffers from AIDS. As the disease's impact on Dexter's life grows more noticeable, Erik and Dexter embark on a quest to New Orleans down the Mississippi River, where hope may yet lie with a doctor there.
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Susan Wloszczyna USA Today 01/01/2000
2/4
Practically screams 'TV movie.' Go to Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2.5/4
It's possible that moviegoers in their earlier teens - the target audience -- will like it a lot. I was derailed by the silly stuff, and by the movie's conviction that it's funny to play practical jokes about death. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/10/2005
3/5
Blake Davis KFOR Channel 4 News (Oklahoma City) 01/16/2003
4/5
A surprisingly sweet film, featuring two young actors who know what they're doing. Go to Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole 09/17/2002
3/5
A touching tale of friendship lost and found Go to Full Review Chris Hicks Deseret News (Salt Lake City) 01/01/2000
The Cure is more of a series of anecdotes than a narrative story, and there are all kinds of contrived encounters that are meant to be amusing and charming, but which often feel like underdeveloped stereotypes. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Feb 2 What's crazy is this movie has an unreleased song in it that's actually pretty good. "My Great Escape" by Marc Cohn. The acting and story are pretty good and it's a real tear jerker but no idea why he took the shoe and let it go down by the river. See more Michael C @Mikey2k200 07/12/2024 My all-time favorite movie. I finally admitted it! See more 11/28/2020 The movie is great. The acting is brilliant and natural like these kids are actually bestfriends in real life. Im not a movir critic and im not technical about how it was filmed or what not. But the thing about the movie is the feeling you get when you watched it. I felt sad, happy, at the same time which is make u want to watch more. As much as i want to see how erik grew up in the movie but the ending is still very nice. See more 05/08/2020 When a movie affects you to whatever emotion it wants you to feel immensely, no critic could ever question it. This movie talks about genuine friendship and will make you want to hope to find a genuine and great friend to be by your side. See more 12/11/2018 This movie always brings me to tears. I enjoy watching how Erik grew closer to Dexter and they formed this tight friendship which is something to admire about. I love how Dexter's mum is so compassionate and loving towards both Erik & Dexter, despite Erik being someone else's son, but she treats him like her own. I just focus on the good points though for real and what it delivers to the audience, I mean everyone has an opinion and I respect that, but ugggghhhh!!!! This was just gold to meï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2'ï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2ï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2ï¿ 1/2 1/2?ï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2'ï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2ï¿ 1/2 1/2?ï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2~ï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2ï¿ 1/2 1/2? See more 01/20/2018 Not bad, so to speak, just has the usual/expected weaknesses of a child/teen story from/in the '90s. See more Read all reviews
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Peter Horton

Director

Joseph Mazzello

Dexter

Brad Renfro

Erik

Annabella Sciorra

Linda

Diana Scarwid

Gail

Bruce Davison

Dr. Stevens

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Synopsis Having just moved to a new town, Erik (Brad Renfro) is thrilled when he makes friends with his younger neighbor, Dexter (Joseph Mazzello), and his friendly mom (Annabella Sciorra). Despite the disapproval of his own neglectful mother (Diana Scarwid), Erik grows close to Dexter, who suffers from AIDS. As the disease's impact on Dexter's life grows more noticeable, Erik and Dexter embark on a quest to New Orleans down the Mississippi River, where hope may yet lie with a doctor there.
Director
Peter Horton
Producer
Mark Burg, Eric Eisner
Screenwriter
Robert Kuhn
Production Co
Island World, Universal Pictures
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 23, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.5M
Runtime
1h 39m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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