This is a somewhat traditional corny Hollywood movie, designed to pluck your heartstrings. It succeeds admirably making you weep both with joy and sorrow. If you don't want to be seen teary-eyed, don't watch this with others.

If you were a kid who was beaten up every day of your life at school, or or had an abusive parent, this movie is a triumph fantasy.

The hero of the story is really the secondary Kieran Culkin character the "cripple" who simply does not let his handicap slow him down for a second. He displays not the tiniest scrap of self pity.

It is a love story of sorts, without any sexual overtones, about two misfit kids getting together and by combining talents enriching both their lives.