unbelievably close to real life feeling and emotion capture by joseph mazzello a a hemophiliac child affect by aid and his new young neighbor and a wan na be tough redneck play to perfection by brad renfro . although the story may seem slightly farfetched ( the two boy attempt to river raft several hundred mile to find a doctor who claim to have the cure to aid ) and the emotion and action and interaction of all character involve be tragically close to real life . be a big brother to a boy in a similar situation who die a few year after this film be release and i strongly recommend this picture to anyone who have ever wonder what really happen in the life of a child with aid . superb direction by peter horton create the perfect mood and set for each scene and draw the viewer into the various emotion affect by friendship and illness and prejudice and the final parting of two friend who fight hard to overcome adversity .