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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Humor Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 07/13/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Drama, Coming-of-Age

In the tradition of My Left Foot (1989), Peter Chelsom directed this emotional drama of outcasts, adapted from the Rodman Philbrick's popular young-adult novel Freak the Mighty. Although burly, slow-paced eight-grader Maxwell Kane (Elden Hensen), who narrates, is learning disabled, he nevertheless has a poetic soul, as evidenced when he meets the bright and brainy Kevin Dillon (Kieran Culkin), crippled by a birth defect. The physically deformed Kevin, who wears leg braces and uses crutches, suffers from Morquio's Syndrome, which causes physical growth to stop after the age of six. Illiterate Max gets Kevin as a reading tutor, and the two misfits soon become friends, sharing a vision of life as a contemporary Camelot. Gena Rowlands and Harry Dean Stanton appear as Max's grandparents and guardians. Max is portrayed by 19-year-old Emerson College filmmaking student Henson, while Sharon Stone has the role of Gwen Dillon, Kevin's mother. Boston-born author Philbrick, who winters in Key West, otherwise resides in Seacoast, New Hampshire (the setting of the book). The movie was filmed at a soundstage in Toronto, the University of Toronto, Cincinnati, and Covington, Kentucky. Exhibited out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Sharon Stone - Gwen Dillon
Elden Henson - Maxwell Kane
Kieran Culkin - Kevin Dillon
Gena Rowlands - Gram
Harry Dean Stanton - Grim

Two outcast teenagers form a close bond as they discover the value of friendship and courage in this moving and memorable release from Walt Disney Video. Presented in 1.85:1 widescreen and featuring an English Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, this release features no additional audio options or subtitles. Aside from the standard chapter-selection screen, the limited extra features include a production featurette and a Sting music video. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide