If only Trevor could get his mom and his teacher together, he'd be doing two acts of kindness for the price of one. Plus, if Dad ever showed up he'd have protection. The Pint-Size Good Samaritan. Actually, call it a serviceable movie that careens from hokey to effective and back again. There is an air of calculation to this film, a feeling you're being led around by the nose.
Music swells to introduce a smile or a tear.
Expect a surprise turn of events and emotional sigh by the final credits. Here, he gets to play a pre-pubescent saint. The trouble is there's too much going on. 2story, yet it gets sidetracked through Mom's pain, Simonet's pain, Grandma's pain and so on. That's a lot of unhappiness.