This is a story about that awkward kid in every class, every school. This is a story about 8-years old Andy, an outcast at school, who thought he has super powers. This is a story about a young boy's life, about his fantasies, being bullied and being, well, being a man.
There is something about Andy's face. This child's face seemed old and worn, as if he has tasted pain and suffering at his young age. And I wonder what gives a child that torn up look. The looks his eyes give, those tense lips and tight frowns. He is the outcast, the odd ball, the target for bully, and maybe this is why he has the face of an old man, shattered and battered by life. His shoulder bag was heavy on his shoulders, way too big a burden for him to carry. They way he screams as he is swinging his shoulder bag at the bullies, they way he lose it... Andy is as if full of anger and unsatisfaction, and pain. He never smiled during the movie, well, except for at the end when he won the competition with his drawing.
He is a man in a little boy's body. He is a real man. He is the brave one to climb up to the roof to get the girl's ball. He is courageous enough to hold all the responsibility.
Andy is truly a superhero, the hero who has saved his girl from the punishment.
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