Elijah Wood(Lord of the Rings) and Joseph Mazzello(The Pacific) are two brothers Mike and Bobby that live with their divorced waitress mother(Lorraine Bracco of the Sopranos) as she marries a mean spirited alcoholic known as "The King" (Chuck's Adam Baldwin)

But when Bobby gets abused and realizing no way out there for him, but he and Mike devise a plan over to get on the radio flyer thing and have Bobby fly to safety.

It is a sad movie but it is cute at it's best.

Even though this was a well-told story, I found it too unpleasant. The main subject is child abuse, which is never fun to see - a sordid topic. Add to that a lot of profanity by the drunker-abuser husband and a GD by a little kid, no less - and this movie turned me off as far as ever seeing it again.

Also portrayed in here were punks picking on the two little boys, another unpleasant viewing experience. The realism of the story takes a swan dive when one of the boys flies away on a home-made airplane! Give me a break!

The only positive, enjoyable part of this movie is seeing the nice, loving and touching relationship between the two young brothers, played by Elijah Wood and Joseph Mazello. The latter became a familiar face in the next couple of years with big roles in Jurassic Park, Shadlowlands and The River Wild. Wood, of course, didn't hit it big until a decade later but, he made it very big In The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Those two kids, and narration by an unbilled Tom Hanks, are the only facets of this film I liked.

Half way through I thought to myself "that kid looks like Elijah Wood" and well, that's because he was. Took me a long while to clock the fact though. Tom Hank's voice over was spectacular the performances of both Elijah and Joseph were equally as good, the film leaves you wondering what happened to Bobby, and like the mystery of Tom Bombadil, it is best we never find out and can only guess.