Powder

October. 27,1995      PG-13
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as "Powder" struggles to fit in. But the cruel taunts stop when Powder displays a mysterious power that allows him to do incredible things. This phenomenon changes the lives of all those around him in ways they never could have imagined.

Mary Steenburgen as  Jessie Caldwell
Sean Patrick Flanery as  Jeremy 'Powder' Reed
Lance Henriksen as  Sheriff Doug Barnum
Jeff Goldblum as  Donald Ripley
Brandon Smith as  Deputy Harley Duncan
Bradford Tatum as  John Box
Susan Tyrrell as  Maxine
Missy Crider as  Lindsey Kelloway
Ray Wise as  Dr. Aaron Stripler
Esteban Powell as  Mitch

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Reviews

Karry
1995/10/27

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Hellen
1995/10/28

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Matialth
1995/10/29

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Chirphymium
1995/10/30

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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benmeijereft
1995/10/31

About: Prejudice, isolation of the unique and different, and all sorts of effects of the human condition come out. Highly inspirational.For an emotionally mature audience. If you want fast paced action, please skip. No covering up by flashy CGI. Real acting.Storyline: Powder is the name given to an albino kid named Jeremy Reed. The story of the strange case of Powder unfolds naturally, artfully. And what a story it is.What if? What if there was somebody who was more advanced intellectually and emotionally sensitive than all of us? The movie Powder helps you imagine what that would be like, and what we would run into. Powder shows us the best and the worst of our humanity, our limitations and our potential. And it does so beautifully, with appropriate drama. Questions about the meaning of life. It has a strong believable spiritual dimension without any fluff or bullshit. It shows the depth of compassion, and the shallowness of fear.Cast The acting is exquisite, very believable. Sean Patrick Flanery powerful performance of the tender and awkward Powder. Mary Steenburgen plays the social worker that finds him. Jeff Goldblum's character says "when technology surpasses our humanity". Upon seeing the movie a second time, the power of the music to move you and me becomes more obvious. Subtle, gentle, moving.Partly in the line of The Green Mile, a story about strongly evolved human empathetic qualities.For those who like to be stimulated to think and wonder about a possible future, and the shadow side of your collective fears, an absolute must see. This is not an SF movie, but like good SF, it asks the pertinent questions and it makes you think.

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nlytnd_1
1995/11/01

I just randomly thought of this movie again, since I remembered it being one of the most pointless movies I had ever seen.Essentially, if someone's different everyone will unprovokingly F with them and treat them like crap, then they'll be struck by lightning and die. That's the extent of this movies underlying message. None of the people involved in messing with Powder ever really come to any realization, like, maybe we shouldn't be messing with some dude minding his own business over there and others could have realized, maybe we could have learned something from this goth dude with superpowers. Even the one chick who was the nicest to Powder, was still unprovokingly a chaunch to him half the time as well. I would imagine that the story for this movie probably was deep and had a purpose, but anything of meaning/substance was trimmed away and it ended up being a pointless piece of crap.

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Pandaloonie
1995/11/02

Not all love stories are guy-girl. This is just a huge human love story. And I LOVED it! Set the popcorn on refill mode and keep a keg of beer and a whole bunch of Kleenex at hand for the ending.First off, if Lance Henriksen reads the back of a toilet paper roll, sign me up and put me in the front row. The man delivers 110% to whatever role he is given. Period. Second, Ms Mary is a home girl, so props to her. Period. The rest of the cast I thought were superb. Again, period. This is a genuine feel-good movie and I highly recommend it.I am not going to give any spoilers for that would - spoil it. But let me say that as an avid movie watcher (older than most of you lot) this one had me hooked first to last. And I did not anticipate the ending though if I could it would have not been better. Go forth and enjoy!

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Casey Dillard
1995/11/03

This movie holds a very special place in my heart since I was young. Victor Salva, it seems, had at least one good story in him and this, though in some ways sappy, was certainly it. The treatment of the main character makes it hard to watch at times because it can feel very bleak and hopeless, but it is balanced out by the tenderness of the characters who do accept him and offer him hope and kindness. The acting is excellent in this film and the cast is to be commended for not turning the script into something sickly or too predictable. The ending brought me to tears and maybe felt like an easy way out, but it did feel appropriate. All in all, I'd suggest that anyone watch it at least once.

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