tablet Dex suffers from AIDS due to blood transfusion, and his short life makes this childhood friendship more precious.
Dex is sensible and mature, perhaps because of his illness. It is hard to imagine that he is only 11 years old when he speaks, does things, and gestures.
Eric is taciturn because of the lack of family love. Although he is tall, he is still childish.
The chance encounter between the two brings comfort to both lonely hearts. Dex gets happiness from Eric, and Eric gets love from Dex.
Eric tried his best to heal Dex. First the candy therapy, then the leaf experiment. Poor Eric was treated so miserably by Eric every time, it made people want to laugh and cry. As a result, they went all the way to seek medical treatment, just because of a lie in the newspaper. Although they failed to seek medical treatment, they deepened their friendship in the process of exploring together.
In the hospital, the two little guys are not worrying. Pretending to be dead to scare nurses and doctors, it turned out to be their last game of separation.
At the end of the film, Eric tucked his shoes into Dex's arms, alluding to this strong friendship, which is green and heavy.
The movie is named "cure", although it did not cure Dex's AIDS, it cured Eric's silence. And friendship is good medicine, bringing joy to two wounded hearts. No matter how it ends, in the days of friendship as company, they are happy, at least there are memories.
Every time I watch a movie about children, there is a sense of pure freshness, perhaps the innocence unique to children, a quality that we cannot imitate.
The story of the film is trivial, the plot is coherent, and the lines are bright and dark. Although the filming technique is very simple, the whole film is a good film because of its brilliant script.
The performances of the two child stars are also remarkable. The child star Joseph Mazzello expressed his maturity so naturally. This is a natural actor! ps: This little boy is now a handsome guy. He is one of the three protagonists in "War in the Pacific" (Spielberg and Tom Hanks joined forces).
[zz]Because the film has the same name as the band The Cure, it was later renamed Goodbye My Friend ("Goodbye My Friend"). The name itself reveals the tragic color of the film. Likewise, Brad's life ended in grief. In January 2008, he was 25 years old at his home in Los Angeles due to a heroin overdose.
In Brad's short and talented 25 years of life, he shot 28 film and television works, supervised one and wrote one. He has won 6 awards and nominated 4 times in his lifetime. In addition to this film, Sleepers ("Sleeper") in 1996 and Apt Pupil ("Nazi Chase") directed by Brian Singer, based on Stephen King's work in 1998, have left a very strong impression. deep impression.
In 1996, in an interview, Brad once said this: Acting has been like heroin to me. I hate drugs, but you know, if acting is a drug, I must be addicted.
He was 14 years old that year. Just a month before his death, in his last TV interview, he said: "I'm 25 and I've made 26 films. I hope people will remember Brad Renfro as a great actor.
Yes, we will remember. [zz]
Recommendation reasons: The plot is touching and the performance is excellent.
Note: This film won the Most Popular Film Award and the Best Child Actor Performance Award at the 1995 Children's Film Festival.
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