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Synopsis: A fifth grader goes on a search for God after his grandfather dies. Along the way he gets into tons of trouble at Waldron Academy an all-boys school. Also he is aided on his search by a sports-loving nun.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): M. Night Shyamalan
Production: Miramax
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG
Year:
1998
88 min
411 Views


to extenuate the matter?

Peace, peace."

Don't just say the words.

Read them fiirst,

understand them...

and then make us

understand them.

Read them fiirst,

understand them...

and then make us

understand them.

" But there is no peace.

The war is actually begun.

The next gale

that sweeps from the north...

- will bring to our ears..."

- [Loud Sneeze]

- [Hawking]

- [Several Boys] Aw! Ick!

- [Complaining Continues]

- [Boy] That's heinous, man!

Sister?

May I go to the bathroom?

You should really

carry tissues, David.

Sister?

May I go to the bathroom?

You should really

carry tissues, David.

Go ahead.

"The next gale that

sweeps from the north...

will bring

to our ears the clash..."

Good mucous attack.

I've had better.

Good mucous attack.

I've had better.

Nine months.

I can't do it.

I've had better.

Nine months.

I can't do it.

Know what?

The fiirst week's always bad.

And besides,

if there was no school...

there'd be no rules to break.

[Joshua's Voice] My best friend Dave

is the adventurous type...

a daredevil.

[Joshua's Voice] My best friend Dave

is the adventurous type...

a daredevil.

Boring things like school

give him headaches.

a daredevil.

Boring things like school

give him headaches.

Today he's having one of his

"I hate these wussy uniform"headaches.

Boring things like school

give him headaches.

Today he's having one of his

"I hate these wussy uniform"headaches.

Sh*t. Brickman.

[Joshua] I can't deal with

Mr. Bizarre-o on the fiirst day.

Sh*t. Brickman.

[Joshua] I can't deal with

Mr. Bizarre-o on the fiirst day.

- To the back stairs, Robin.

- Right, Batman.

- Morning.

- Hi.

[Screeching]

[Imitating Monkey]

Brickman is such a weirdo.

He's weirder...

than a regular weirdo.

He's lord of all weirdos.

[Nun]

I'm sorry.

Robert's having

a bad day, it seems.

[Door Slams]

[Joshua's Voice] It's funny;'

When you fiirst get an idea...

sometimes it comes

when you look at something...

you've looked at

a hundred million times.

You ever think about God?

We go to Catholic school.

God's, like, our homework.

- No, really.

- No. I don't think about God.

- Do you think He's real?

- Nope.

- Why not?

- Too many bad things happen

to people for no reason.

- Do you think He's real?

- Nope.

- Why not?

- Too many bad things happen

to people for no reason.

If you believe in him, it's cool.

I drink chocolate milk through my nose.

What do I know?

[Joshua's Voice]

Maybe it wasn't such a good idea.

[School Bell Ringing]

- [Boys Shouting]

- We have recess!

[School Bell Ringing]

- [Boys Shouting]

- We have recess!

[Shouting Continues]

Oh, come on.

I'll get it.

[Joshua's Voice]

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M. Night Shyamalan

Manoj Nelliyattu "M. Night" Shyamalan is an American filmmaker, philanthropist and actor. He is known for making films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings. He was born in Mahé, Pondicherry, India, and raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. The cumulative gross of his films exceeds $3 billion globally. more…

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