THE MIGHTY is an inspiring story about being different and not always needing to fit in. Kevin Dillon (Kieran Culkin) aka the Freak moves in next door to Maxwell Kane (Elden Henson). Kevin is handicapped and Max is large for his age and somewhat oafish. The two boys form a very unusual alliance as Max becomes Kevin's legs and Kevin becomes Max's brain. The two work in unison and form a bond as they dream of King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable.

Here is a sweet and moving story about friendship and what really matters in life. Both boys suffer inner demons and Kevin encourages Max to read and think and dream. Of course, enter the school bullies--who are beyond mean and actually criminal. Kevin and Max unite against the injustice of bullies and life.

A delightful aspect of this film is the cast. Here is a young Sharon Stone as Kevin's mother. Gena Rowlands and Harry Dean Stanton (two great actors) as Max's grandparents. Add in an out of character Gillian Anderson, Meat Loaf and a younger and vibrant James Gandolfini and it's an amazing cast. Elden Henson is remarkable as Max,

THE MIGHTY is a heartwarming and inspiring story of friendship. It will bring joy to your heart.

I have held off on writing reviews for most of the products I have ordered over the past few years to give myself ample time to really test the products and see how they hold up.
Watched for a movie report my son had to do for school and will say that I extremely enjoyed it. He said the book was better (always is) and had to compare the two. Will watch again as one of our family movies.
God Bless.

I love this movie and happy to have it in my collection and share with friends. It was packaged very well and easy to pick up at one of Amazon lockers instead of having it left at my front door. Those lockers are great. The movie is well acted, great story, sad in the end but fun adventures from start to the very end. Demonstrates real friendship between two boys. The mother and grandparents are kind, sweet, and have raised their boys to be kind caring young folks. Great story.........

I was happy to find this movie because I read the book, Freak the Mighty, with my students. However, I don't know if this movie was copied poorly or what but it's REALLY dark. I decided to keep it because I could not find it anywhere else, but just be aware. We can see the movie, but every light in the classroom and all the blinds must be closed and then the movie is still dark.

What a great movie. It is entertaining and has a wonderful message. Each morning you wake up, you write your life story. It isn't written by someone else. You get to make the choice of what you will do today. This is a message that can't be said enough.We grow by breaking out of our comfort zone. Max is repeatedly pushed from his comfort zone and sees what the results can be. It isn't always perfect and good trumps evil maybe a little more than in real life, but it's about hope and about keep on keepin' on. The acting is great. Elden Henson portrays Max and all the emotions so well that the viewer really understands this character and feels everything he is feeling. "A knight proves his worthiness by his deeds." a phrase by Kevin, "The Freak," sums up the takeaway of this movie. Also a great movie about friendship.

This is a great parable that transcends the literal story.

We all have a disability, not able to think as clear as we want, perhaps not so smart in our decisions. But we earthlings who are feeble minded can, through willingness and obedience, allow our Lord to be our head and to lead us, as Kevin did when Max took him upon his shoulders. And in our weakness, we are surrounded with the saints of God's kingdom, who walk beside us (the knights) to help and encourage us in our quest: "You will be brothers, said King Arthur. And you will fight for all those who ask for help. You will be gentle to the weak, but terrible to the wicked." - because "A knight proves his worthiness by his deeds", and we can do together what we cannot do alone.

Fabulous movie.

Then this is THE movie for you... Keiran Culkin (MacCulley's younger brother) plays Kevin, a young man with a serious disease which his internal organs grow faster than he does, which leaves him physically disabled for a lot of things... Elden Henson plays Max, a big kid for anybody's standard, but huge for an 8th grader, who thinks he is quite stupid, and lets everybody else believe that also. There is a group of really mean boys while Max and they are in Gym class playing basketball, the mean boys play "bowling for cripples", and aim for Kevin, and just like bowling ball pins: down he goes, and Max gets blamed for it. Max gets detention, and he is assigned to a tutor to help him read. As it turns out, his tutor is Kevin, which is noticed by both of them. The book that Kevin has Max read is "King Arthur and his Knights"... Max stumbles around reading, so Kevin tells Max this: "Every word is a picture. Every sentence is a picture. All you do is let your imagination connect them together." {I actually had to get my DVD into action just to get that quote directly from Kieran!} Max begins to realise that reading is more than just words... Kevin and Max, are at a Festival where there are fireworks, and Kevin cannot see the fireworks as he is so short. Max, realising that Kevin cannot see them, picks him up and places him on his shoulders to watch the spectacle... Once the show is done, the bullies see Max and Kevin, and Kevin accuses the lead bully of being a cretin, and the bullies react, and to give chase and to attack them. Kevin, with foresight, kicks Max into moving and together they become Knight and Steed (Kevin the Knight with Max as the Steed) and manage to avoid the bullies, and get them picked up by the cops... From this, a friendship forms, with Kevin getting Max to become more and more like one of Arthur's Knights... Kevin teaches Max to strive for everything. This movie is great. My mother cried at the end, I cry at the end, my FATHER even had tears at the end... I cannot give this movie enough stars... 10, 15, 20: Still not enough...! I have lent several people this movie, and they all tell me that even THEY had tears/and or cried at the end of the movie... I honestly do not think I can say enough good things about this movie, other than the fact that I have purchased the Book (both paperback & hardbound), the Sequel (paperback & eventually hardbound), the Video, the DVD, and the Soundtrack... If I could find a copy of the Movie Script, I most likely would purchase that also... Kieran Culkin is so cute in this movie! I think that when I first saw this movie, there is something so absolutely engaging about Kieran, I was immediately charmed by him! Sorry, Mac! You are good, but your little brother has something really SPECIAL!!! THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE! RENT IT OR PURCHASE IT! IT IS WORTH EVERY PENNY OF IT! RUSH TO PURCHASE IT!!!

This is a delightful tale of triumph over adversity. Sharon Stone gives a truly wonderful performance as the mother of a disabled boy, and the boy is played by Kieren Culkin, with great charm and pathos.
The gorgeous Gillian Anderson has a smallish role as a Southern girlfriend of a thuggish ex-con. James Gandolfini also appears towards the end, as the long lost, wife-murdering father of the other troubled boy.
Gena Rowlands, with her usual charm, plays the grandmother of the boy, who, with his size and strength, is able to help the crippled boy, Kevin, called "The Freak".
I thoroughly enjoyed this film, and would recommend it highly.