The author, rodman philbrick, describes kevin as a crippled, blonde haired boy with whom max becomes best friends. Kevin freak dillon is the secondary protagonist of the novel freak the mighty and is mentioned many times in the sequel max the mighty. Freak kevin the young man is a genius, grim is saying. Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out maxwell to improve his reading skills. Kevin freak dillon kieran culkin is a yearold boy suffering from morquio syndrome and living with his mother. I was happy to find this movie because i read the book, freak the mighty, with my. Based on the book freak the mighty by rodman philbrick, the film stars sharon stone, gena rowlands, gillian anderson, harry dean stanton, kieran culkin, james gandolfini and elden henson. Kevin is a yearold boy who suffers mucopolysaccharidosis iv, or morquio. The mighty is a 1998 american coming of age buddy comedydrama film directed by peter chelsom and written by charles leavitt. Peter chelsom directed this family film in the tradition of my left foot 1989.
Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out maxwell to improve his reading. The primary characters are friends maxwell kane, a large, very slow, but kindhearted boy, and kevin avery, nicknamed freak, who is physically handicapped but very intelligent. He was played by kieran culkin in the 1998 film adaptation, the mighty. So speaks a twisted little boy named kevin to a hulking giant named max, in the new movie the mighty. In return, kevin wants maxwell to take him out places since he is not allowed out unauthorized. Adapted from the novel, freak the mighty, the film explores a building of trust and friendship. Theyre both in seventh grade in cincinnatimax for the third timeand theyre both misfits. Kevin has morquio syndrome, where the outside of his body is unable to grow. Kevin and max are the heroes of freak, the mighty, a bestselling childrens book by rodman philbrick that has been embraced by kids who. Freak is a freak for robotics and engineering, of course, but hes also a word nerdjust like shmoop. But freak is clearly more than just his huge brain. Freak cared enough to help guide max into learning and school. Kevin or freak is one of the main characters in freak the mighty.
Freak is only about three feet tall, and he has to walk with crutches. Freak the mighty is a young adult novel by rodman philbrick. Published in 1993, it was followed by the novel max the mighty in 1998. Freak the mighty blue skyscholastic, 1993 by 45yearold rodman philbrick. In fact, freak is a tiny little guy compared to his massive intellect. Though both have problems that label them as outcasts, kevin and max. The film stars an ensemble cast mainly starring elden henson and kieran culkin as max and kevin, respectively. People who have learning disabillities can over come them if some one cares about them and can help guide them. Kevin is handicapped and max is large for his age and somewhat. Max kane never had a brain or a friend until freak showed up. Based on the book freak the mighty by rodman philbrick, the film stars. The youngadult novel freak the mighty by rodman philbrick has.
1427 108 1462 1029 712 947 1146 778 702 542 349 1011 1219 1370 583 1320 665 646 1040 559 1327 949 752 491 692 549 240 126 204 878 935 990 702 1494 873 450 1034 145 1216 1468 441 822 586 230 74