Radio Flyer: Difference between revisions

Very much may your milage vary in regards to this film. On one hand, you may find it a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] [[Tear Jerker|tearjerker]]. On the other hand, however, you may find it (and indeed, at the time of its release, many such as [[Roger Ebert]] and Leonard Maltin found it) a bit immoral for suggesting that all a child needs to do to escape abuse is construct a rickety little toy airplane out of a red wagon and stuff from a junkyard; something which obviously is impossible in real life. Because of the said nebulous conclusion, a few people have concocted theories regarding that Bobby {{spoiler|doesn't actually successfully fly away at the end}}. One such theory is that Mike was the actual recipent of the abuse and that Bobby was just a psychological projection, e la ''[[Fight Club]]'', whom he used to disassociate himself from it, and that he flew away once The King was arrested because Mike no longer had any need of him. Another theory is that Bobby actually perished, and that Mike repressed this memory and constructed a false but bearable one of him flying away. However, [[Word of God|director Richard Donner has denied all these theories]].

* [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Parent]]

* [[Jossed]]: [[Word of God]] denies the presence of [[Alternative Character Interpretation]] or an [[Unreliable Narrator]].

* [[Just Plane Wrong]]: No way could the souped-up Radio Flyer fly in real life.

* [[Never Say Die]]: The "Is he...?" variant is used with Fisher.

* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: The King gives one of these to Bobby as Victor's gang is giving one of these to Mikey.