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Review

Max (Henson) is a hulking, quiet lad, straddling childhood and young adulthood, who reacts to constant taunting by turning ever inward. Kevin (Culkin), exceptionally bright and verbally adroit, is victim to his crutches and his inceasingly curving spine. They are trapped together in a big city public school system, joined by their deficiencies and strengthened by their union; their friendship forms a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Arthurian legend informs their jointly held fantasy world, lending purity of spirit and courageous resolve to their inevitable clashes with a harsh world of very real physical and emotional threat. Remarkable performances from the two young leads lift the familiar story line to produce a film of some achievement and great heart. Not a Sharon Stone movie.