Excellent movie about dreams and second chances

Rating: Null/10 (17 April 2002)

This movie is one of the best family movies I've seen this year, but I can't get past the recent Hollywood trend of using adults made up to look like kids to play roles that are written for adolescents. Could it be that "real" high school students aren't available to play roles in quality movies because they're busy making crass hyperbolic teen sex (or rather "coming of age") movies?