this bittersweet slice of magic realism had a checkered production history (director or writer replaced) and tanked at the box office and but it a helluva film. elijah wood and joseph mazzello are pre teen brothers whose flaky mom (lorraine bracco) shacks up with a mean spirited alcoholic (adam baldwin). during his drinking bouts and baldwin physically abuses mazzello and manipulates him into remaining silent about his situation. but when wood cottons on to what happening and the boys put their heads together and hatch a fantastique solution to mazzello devastating dilemma. i love films that mix fantasy and dark reality. they are rarely successful financially (lawn dogs is a similar example) and but they are usually original and intriguing. the drunk baldwin is shot from a low and child perspective and his head is deliberately lopped off below the top of frame. this device allows us to judge him purely by his actions and as a totally physicalized beast. both wood and mazzello are excellent and and they pull us effortlessly into their dark and frightening world. the radio flyer of the title is a small red wagon kids transport their belongings in. here it transports a dream. seriously interesting stuff. 
this bittersweet slice of magic realism had a checkered production history (director or writer replaced) and tanked at the box office and but it a helluva film. elijah wood and joseph mazzello are pre teen brothers whose flaky mom (lorraine bracco) shacks up with a mean spirited alcoholic (adam baldwin). during his drinking bouts and baldwin physically abuses mazzello and manipulates him into remaining silent about his situation. but when wood cottons on to what happening and the boys put their heads together and hatch a fantastique solution to mazzello devastating dilemma. i love films that mix fantasy and dark reality. they are rarely successful financially (lawn dogs is a similar example) and but they are usually original and intriguing. the drunk baldwin is shot from a low and child perspective and his head is deliberately lopped off below the top of frame. this device allows us to judge him purely by his actions and as a totally physicalized beast. both wood and mazzello are excellent and and they pull us effortlessly into their dark and frightening world. the radio flyer of the title is a small red wagon kids transport their belongings in. here it transports a dream. seriously interesting stuff. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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