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A mysterious albino teenager, Jeremy "Powder" Reed (Sean Patrick Flanery), is rescued from the basement in which he's lived since birth. But the extremely intelligent Reed is not welcomed into the community. Students at his school fear the outsider because of his bizarre ability to harness extrasensory perception and heal the sick. His relationship with a fellow student, Lindsey (Missy Crider), doesn't help matters either, despite the help of two teachers (Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen).
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Powder has some interesting and potentially affecting ideas, but they're ultimately dust in the wind of a drama that strains far too obviously for uplift.

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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: 4/5 Apr 18, 2003 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 3/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Powder has all of the elements of a successful fantasy, and none of the insights. It's a movie where intriguing ideas lie there on the screen, jumbled and unrealized. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media '90s sci-fi fantasy has violence, cursing. Rated: 3/5 Jul 10, 2018 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 2/5 Oct 6, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 11, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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José G B Beautiful, inspiring, and thought provoking! One of my favourite movies of all time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/05/25 Full Review Stephen C Success in 1 hour and 51 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $30,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/02/25 Full Review Frans B This is one of those movies that made a lasting impression on me when I first saw it, and it still does. Stellar cast who all excels in character, great cinematography and cleverly written. Every time you watch it, you will see something you missed previously, which is nice Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/05/25 Full Review Jonathan O This movie feels wrong and uncomfortable to watch from the director who's in sex offender and it's so horrifying to watch and cringe and the actors are great but why they didn't find this erotic and weird and it feels like a X-Men orgin of Professor X. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/20/24 Full Review Steven E One of the best movies of all time Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/07/24 Full Review Gianna P ohmygosh i like this movie so much! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/14/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A mysterious albino teenager, Jeremy "Powder" Reed (Sean Patrick Flanery), is rescued from the basement in which he's lived since birth. But the extremely intelligent Reed is not welcomed into the community. Students at his school fear the outsider because of his bizarre ability to harness extrasensory perception and heal the sick. His relationship with a fellow student, Lindsey (Missy Crider), doesn't help matters either, despite the help of two teachers (Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen).
Director
Victor Salva
Producer
Roger Birnbaum, Daniel Grodnick
Production Co
Caravan Pictures, Hollywood Pictures
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$30.9M
Runtime
1h 51m
Sound Mix
Surround
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