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7.9Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer.
Released: 1995-04-2197 minDir: Peter HortonDrama, FamilyBox office: $2.6M
Cast
- Joseph Mazzello as Dexter
- Brad Renfro as Erik
- Annabella Sciorra as Linda
- Diana Scarwid as Gail
- Bruce Davison as Dr. Stevens
- Nicky Katt as Pony
Themes
- aids
- mississippi river
- minnesota
- male friendship
- hiv
- sick child
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
11,258 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Peter Horton
- Composer
- Dave Grusin
- Production company
- Island Records
- Cinematographer
- John A. Alonzo
- Narrative location
- Mississippi
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 623732
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1996-02-15
- title
- The Cure
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 45%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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