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Paper Planes
An imaginative children';s film about a young Australian boy named Dylan who has a passion for flight and ends up competing in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan. He faces distraction and hostility from a school bully, as well as his father, still grieving over the death of his mother in an automobile accident, and his chief rival, the spoiled win-at-all-costs Jason, the son of a respected golfer. He is inspired by his devil-may-care former World War II RAAF fighter-pilot grandfather, a kite-hawk, he feeds on his way to school and later a Japanese paper plane champion Kimi.
10 January 1985, Naila, Bavaria, Germany
October 19, 2015
There's a day-dreamy quality to Paper Planes that makes it a pleasure to watch.
August 31, 2015
where the emotion of the film works best is in Dylan's relationship with his father
October 22, 2015
The planes' flight is invariably CGI-assisted, and the resulting comedy is mild, but there is a relaxed, happy atmosphere.
September 08, 2015
Thoughtful, inspired look at grief soars.
October 25, 2015
Terry Norris steals the show as the irrepressible grandpa who has little intention of putting his rakish fighter-pilot past behind him.
October 21, 2015
A "nice" film, but no amount of earnest delivery will make the idea of paper planes being treated as an ancient sport not seem ridiculous.
October 20, 2015
Kudos to this bright and breezy half-term Aussie kids flick for realising that competitive paper plane flying can unleash young imaginations.
October 23, 2015
Ed Oxenbould, the talented Aussie child actor also recently seen in The Visit, gives another appealing performance in this otherwise bland and flimsy kids' movie.
October 23, 2015
It's worth catching on some platform or other if you and the kids are in the mood for some pleasant Oz escapism.
December 08, 2015
Worthington and Oxenbould strike up a believable father/son dynamic, meaning that you can't help but smile at the inevitably schmaltzy ending.
April 27, 2016
Paper Planes is a simple reminder in this high-tech age that joy can be found in a plain piece of paper and that, if my paper plane-laden home is anything to go by, old fashioned films like this can still ignite the imagination.
