The Power of One

 (1992)

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User Reviews

If You Liked The Movie...
Jan 16, 2009
coachjb2u - yahoo.com
...You should read the book! The message was so much more powerful in the book. Better yet, listen to the unabridged audio book, it's the best of both worlds. The screenplay was so watered down and changed, from the book it... Full review
the water falls
Aug 24, 2008
morrow.john59 - yahoo.com
This is not only a good story but the water fall scenes are great. It has been a long time since I've seen it, but I still remember the power of the story.... Full review
my review
Oct 10, 2007
maluzatam - yahoo.com
i like the film because it relates to reality situations, racial descrimination is still observed aroond the world.Every one must be strong enough to stand and prove that every one has the right to live regardless of his race and color...and... Full review
Racing Towards a Racist State
Sep 11, 2007
bkoganbing - imdb.com
When Stephen Dorff's character of PK sees the African child reading from the U.S. Declaration of Independence about that all men are created equal, he knew he'd started something. Literacy is always the key to freedom and accessibility to read... Full review
Beautiful but kinda violent
Aug 01, 2007
watcher_39 - yahoo.com
This movie was beautiful and really good. I watched it for summer school and it really opened my eyes. I learned a lot and I like almost cried whenever someone died. Best movie ever... Full review
THe saddest story EVER!
Jun 04, 2007
sawdust55447 - yahoo.com
It was the saddest movie ever. Everyone PK ever loved DIES!!!! i just wanted to jump in the screen and give him a big hug! i had to watch it for school and it was just a waste of my life.... Full review
a master piece
Jun 04, 2007
can_touch_carlos - yahoo.com
this movie had made me cry. no movie has ever done that to me even if its really sad. this movie has everyone's favorite drama, romance, action, violence, dispair, etc. i can say though that this movie is for the faint... Full review
not happy
Mar 14, 2007
cow_girl_276 - yahoo.com
This movie was highly dissapointing. Compared to the book, this movie was complete and utter crap. Most of the story was changed, along with most of the names, characters were added and even Peekay's name was changed. In the book, the... Full review
under appreciated
Dec 30, 2006
kavanagh.tp - yahoo.com
A fantastic story of the significance and power of individual effort, worth and contribution. Regrettably the movie was released during a Christmas season with little fanfare. Bryce Courtney's other books and movie adaptation's (The Potato Factory) are equally enjoyable.... Full review
A WATERFALL STARTS WITH ONE DROP OF WATER
Dec 04, 2006
cassandra1002001 - yahoo.com
THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE.....it has all the elements of the perfect movie - drama, a political cause, disappointment, love, death, etc. And the messages are amazing and so relevant - WE ALL POSSESSS THE POWER OF ONE - EVERY SINGLE... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Mar 27, 1992
Washington Post
The bully must be dispensed, the girl must be won, the hero must box not for personal glory but a greater good. Though this segment is driven by Freeman's humbly beautiful performance and Mueller-Stahl's comically pensive one ... Full Review

Rolling Stone
The loneliness birds are coming," says PK whenever bad times come, which is regularly. The film is what you might expect from Robert Mark Kamen, who wrote the three Kid movies, and John Avildsen, who directed all three Kids and two Rockys : a violent cartoon that trivializes apartheid. ... Full Review

Waco Tribune Herald, TX
Rent the excellent "Babe. So it's nice that the Japanese, inventors of this animated franchise of lovable and ornery mini-monsters kept in little balls in kids' pockets, appear to have taken some of the $155.7 million the first film earned worldwide and put it into making a better second movie. ... Full Review

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The Power of One
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