Powder (1995)
Genre: Fantasy / Drama
Duration: 111 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Victor Salva
Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Mary Steenburgen and Jeff Goldblum
IMDb score:
6,6 (34.720)
Releasedate: 27 October 1995
Powder plot
"An extraordinary encounter with another human being."
A shy young man nicknamed Powder is bullied by his classmates who don't accept his shocking appearance, though he tries his best to fit in. However, the bullying ends when Powder displays a mysterious power that allows him to do incredible things. This power changes the lives of the others in an unimaginable way.
Actors and actresses
Jessie Caldwell
Jeremy 'Powder' Reed
Sheriff Doug Barnum
Donald Ripley
Deputy Harley Duncan
John Box
Maxine
Lindsey Kelloway
Dr. Aaron Stripler
Mitch
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 13232 messages
- 11124 votes
Nice film about an albino young man who doesn't know the world yet, until his grandparents die. A beautiful and also original story that is not equally well developed everywhere. The first half of the film is the best, mainly because during the second half the sentiment gets the upper hand. Sean Patrick Flanery does well in the title role.
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Ebenezer Scrooge
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- 2150 messages
- 3092 votes
A special film that certainly manages to move. Jeremy Reed was born an albino and was nicknamed Powder. Mary Steenburgen, with her ever-worried look, is of course the right person to take care of the eccentric teenager, who has been living in his grandparents' basement for years. She persuades Powder to go with her, outside, because yes, Powder has to get around a bit, doesn't it .. Then she casually drops him off at a boys' boarding school, which you already know in advance is completely out of the hand, but strangely enough, the gullible Steenburgen sees no harm in it and, as expected, Powder quickly becomes the target of bullying. He also develops superpowers through the bullying; so his nickname doesn't just refer to his powdery white skin. The film lacks any depth, I think it could have been more. It's mostly a pathetic movie, especially because Powder can look so pathetic when he's being bullied. Well played by Sean Patrick Flanery by the way. Typical nineties film that is a cross between Carrie, The Green Mile and Edward Scissorhands, but it never gets as socially critical as the latter, except for that one comment to that narrow-minded sheriff: I never thought we'd find a man too white for you Harley.
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