i have see the cure when i be a kid and i love it then . now and year later and i get a hold of a copy almost by accident and and watch it again . be a kid and you do not really have the ability to procure thing for yourself that you want and that be usually a prerogative of your parent but when i watch it again now i felt sorry that i do not do more to get a copy of this movie back then and and consequently almost forget about it until today . this really be a beautiful movie . it tell the story of the unlikely friendship between a hard edged and misfit kid who take his cue from his horrible and abusive mother and his neighbor and a slightly young boy who have aid . right and you say . another one of those . a tear jerker . a bucket movie . a morality tail . yeah and i know and i hate those too . only this one isn not . it be one of the very few movie among those many i have see that pull off a very rare trick represent it convey a truly sad story ( and yes and a morality tale ) but without a single moment where it feel cheesy and force or in any other way hollywoody . it show a real relationship between two real boy and who interact a real kid do . and through that interaction the good natured and loving character of the old boy and eric and start to shine through his tough guy persona and a he take on a kind of big brotherly care for dexter and his hiv positive young neighbor . together and they embark on an adventure to find a cure which to erik seem to be just around the corner so that all this silly aids thing will go away and they can be friends forever . the production be top notch . but and of course and what really carry this movie and be the performance of the two lead brad renfro and joseph mazzello . especially mazzello and who be simply stun he do convey a sense of frailty need for an ailing boy and but at the same time he manage to make dexter a truly energetic and determined character . he shin at the scene where the boy confront pony represent his impulse to protect his old friend lunge him forth and drive him to say what he say and only afterwards and the horror be depict on his face and a he realize that what he himself say be true represent his blood be poison . renfro also have his moment and in particular the scene with his mother represent he depict perfectly how this macho and street wise kid be leave completely frozen and numb when face with his abusive and storm mother and and can not get a word in to contradict her a she forbid his relationship with the ail boy out of her fear and ignorance . annabella sciorra also give a memorable performance a dexter mother and who ultimately become and in a sense and a mother figure to erik as well . i have first see this film when i be at school back in america and and love it not at all a give concern movie of this sort . but the behavior of the kid in this movie be so real and i could easily relate to them . ironically enough and the teacher who have show u this movie ( a wonderful woman and i be still in touch with her ) get in trouble for it and a some uptight parent complain about it have the scene when the two boy be look at a playboy . pathetic . seriously and will americans ever get over this ridiculous phobia and i do not know . there be a hardly distinguishable shot of a playboy cover in the movie and thus it be not show in school . how sad . kid need to see this movie . it be more inspiring and educational than all the official after school special put together . oh and and one more thing . i know i be ramble and but nevertheless . the score . it great . i be a musician and and a such i know dave grusin from his record represent he be a well know jazz pianist and record producer . up until this movie i really do not know that he do movie score a well and even though when i later check i find out that i have unknowingly watch several movie he work on . really and a wonderful job there . all in all and a solid ten . i would recommend this movie to anyone . and i be definitely go to see it with my young sibling they can use watch a film like this among all the standard special effect hysteria they usually see .