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Synopsis: Dexter, age 11, who has AIDS, and his next door neighbor Erik, a little older and much bigger, become best friends. Erik also becomes closer to Dexter's mother than to his own, who is neglectful and bigoted and violently forbids their friendship upon learning of it. When they read that a doctor in distant New Orleans claims to have found a cure for AIDS, the boys leave home on their own, planning to float down the Mississippi river and find him.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Peter Horton
Production: Universal
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
PG-13
Year:
1995
97 min
1,137 Views


Well it's common sense,

you just keep a safe distance.

What's a safe distance?

7 feet,

guess that rules out sleepovers.

My mom wants you to come to dinner.

Well,

mom's working late, so... cool.

Well there's something

I have to warn you about...

What?

She likes to call me Sweetie.

Sweetie?

You gotta promise not to laugh.

You want some more carrots Sweetie?

No, thanks.

Are we ready for dessert then?

- I'll try a little.

- Yeah I bet.

You didn't even finish

your meatloaf, Love Muffin!

Would you shut up!

She's not gonna hear me sweetheart!

Be quiet.

You don't worry about it sweetie,

she's not gonna hear me!

Here we go!

Dexter tells me you have a girlfriend.

Yeah, well I did, but I have to dump her.

Spin, spin, spin...

His father has a girlfriend, named Cindy.

Yes, as soon as they get settled in

their new apartment,

I maybe goin' down there.

And how's your mom feel about this.

Actually we haven't really talk it out much

yet...

Well, I'd love to meet her.

She works quite a bit...

20, 22 hours a day...

What she do?

A real estate

and at night she works at a minimart.

The one downtown...

25 cents!

I got you!

Whenever I catch her twirling her hair,

she has to pay me a quarter.

25 cents and this!

Are you gonna finish that?

Well doctor says

"it's completely safe",

but when it comes to

other people's children,

we've decided not

to take any chances.

Forgot...

I've got plan...

Just as soon as they find the cure,

we're headin' out to Baskin Robbins,

and ordering one of those monster sundaes

where everybody just digs right in...

It's a good plan...

What is it?

She's afraid they might

not find the cure in time...

Banzai!

Oh my God!

He's afraid of heights...

Hey, what if they don't find the cure?

I'm sure they will eventually...

But what if they're looking

in the wrong place?

What do you mean?

Have you ever seen

that movie "Medicine Man"?

We found a cure for cancer,

and all you can say is: "I know"?

What is it?

Vermilliad. A flower.

You want me start eating flowers?

We're not going to worry about what

flowers, leaves maybe even pine cones.

It can't hurt to try!

My mom has me eating lots of vegetables,

especially broccoli.

All I ever eat is candy and I never get sick.

Hey, that's it!

Somebody gets sick and

all they eat is fruits and vegetables,

it's the one thing they stop eating!

This is stupid.

About fifty years ago, a doctor knows

some mold was growing on his bread,

he started feeding it to people...

and everybody said "this is stupid",

you know what it out turned to be? Aspirin!

It's still a hundred-point-two.

- How are ya feeling?

- Okay.

Let's start "Butterfinger"

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