Video Review

The Mighty

Details Rated: PG-13; Genre: Drama; With: Kieran Culkin, Elden Henson and Sharon Stone

Despite the billing, this isn't a Sharon Stone movie. The Mighty is an adaptation of a young-adult novel about a lumbering hulk who's not as dim as he seems (Henson) and a disabled genius (Culkin, whose mother is played by Stone). Together the boys find a sense of purpose as they set out on Arthurian quests in South Cincinnati. What sounds like a drippy self-esteem tract actually etches a gritty portrait of urban outcasts. B

Originally posted Jul 09, 1999 Published in issue #493 Jul 09, 1999 Order article reprints
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