
Sam Worthington
Jack
Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-doubt to do so.












Jack

Dylan

Maureen

Jason
Kimi

Grandpa

Mr. Hickenlooper

Kevin
Photo Kid

Photo Kid's Shy Dad
Dylan (Age 4)
Sydney Finalist

Sydney Finalist

Sydney Finalist
Sydney Finalist
Dylan (Baby)
Small Boy
Sydney Competitor (uncredited)

Patrick (Jason's Father)
International Competitor (uncredited)
Reno8 Jul 2015
6/10 > A hope of flight to begin life again in the sorrow.
Sometimes we wanted to like the movie, because it was inspiring, family friendly, great cast, performances and so on, but something stops you. Not because of hatred, but the other end of the dislike, i.e., too much tenderness and packed with full of cliches. This Aussie film was one those, a very good concept and I would definitely recommend it, especially for children and families, but seemed everything was plain with no surprises.
Partially based on the real events. A young boy named Dylan who lives in Perth, the Western Australia with his dad discovers his skills on the paper plane making and launching. Soon begins to focus it on the professional level by aiming for the junior level competition to represent his country in the upcoming world championship held in Tokyo. How far this unexpected success would take him and how it would help to fix his grieving family is the entire story.
Right from the beginning you would know all those going to happen in the length x breadth of the movie. So the spoilers and synopsis won't hurt much if you are yet to watch it. Even the characters planned like that way. For example the boy's friendship with a hawk was not coincidental for this particular movie theme and also his grandpa was a world war 2 pilot. I already lost my interest at that point, but I was unable to dislike this little cute and rare film. I carried on because the boy's courage and passion for the paper planes was not just for his ownness, but everyone around him that gives a change to change.
> "Okay. Here's my advice.
> Study everything that flies. (Snaps fingers)"
There are plenty of mini sub-plots. Anti-bullying was one of the best things and the three different kinds of friendships; a boy from the neighborhood, a girl from the competition and with a bird. The father was kind of depressing and a bad example, but had a good reason for that. That boy's every action was directed to his father to make him look back. Well, the father was Sam Worthington, whose role was insignificant compared to his star value. It influenced to raise the movie value, especially the marketing which makes people come and watch it, but overall he was decent.
Okay, fine, to this point all I said about, but missing realism was unable to accept. I'm talking about the flights of the paper planes. It's not lik
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6.4 TMDB χ Niguro, Credits to all contributors.
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Director
Robert Connolly
Top cast
Sam Worthington·Ed Oxenbould·Deborah Mailman·Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke·Ena Imai·Terry Norris·Peter Rowsthorn·Julian Dennison