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Renamed; disability is played for drama or tragedy


* DisabledLoveInterest: Eric, for Milly.


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* TragicallyDisabledLoveInterest: Eric, for Milly. His autism and mutism are played for drama.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[ButNowIMustGo Eric flies away and disappears]], and Milly stays while living her life and [[IWillWaitForYou waiting for his return]]. In the meantime Louis stands up to his bullies, Milly's mom adapts herself to work, their pet dog Max recovers from his injuries, and Uncle Hugo stops drinking. But the last scene all but states that Eric comes back to her.

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* BittersweetEnding: [[ButNowIMustGo Eric flies away and disappears]], and Milly stays while living her life and [[IWillWaitForYou waiting for his return]]. In the meantime Louis stands up to his bullies, Milly's mom Charlene adapts herself to work, their pet dog Max recovers from his injuries, and Uncle Hugo stops drinking. But the last scene all but states that Eric comes back to her.



* SecretlyDying: Milly and Louis' father kept his condition secret from them and their mother because he didn't want them to worry. But instead of seeking treatment, he took his own life and the family's livelihood began to spiral down from there.

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* SecretlyDying: Milly and Louis' father kept his condition secret from them and their mother because he didn't want them to worry. But instead of seeking treatment, he took his own life and the family's livelihood began to spiral down downward from there.

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* BittersweetEnding: [[ButNowIMustGo Eric flies away and disappears]], and Milly stays while living her life and [[IWillWaitForYou waiting for his return]]. (In the meantime Louis stands up to his bullies, Milly's mom adapts herself to work, and Uncle Hugo stops drinking). But the last scene all but states that Eric comes back to her.

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* BittersweetEnding: [[ButNowIMustGo Eric flies away and disappears]], and Milly stays while living her life and [[IWillWaitForYou waiting for his return]]. (In In the meantime Louis stands up to his bullies, Milly's mom adapts herself to work, their pet dog Max recovers from his injuries, and Uncle Hugo stops drinking).drinking. But the last scene all but states that Eric comes back to her.


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* SecretlyDying: Milly and Louis' father kept his condition secret from them and their mother because he didn't want them to worry. But instead of seeking treatment, he took his own life and the family's livelihood began to spiral down from there.

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* SpoilerTitle: Take a wild guess what the "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin amazing secret]]" in the tagline is.

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* SpoilerTitle: Take a wild guess what the The "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin amazing secret]]" in the tagline is.is that Eric can fly.
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* RuleOfThree: Louis attempts to drive his tricycle around the block three times throughout the film, and all three times he encounters and is chased by bullies. The first time, he barely manages to get away, the second time they get him and beat the crap out of him, the third time Louis [[CrazyPrepared arms himself to the (G-rated) teeth]] and gives them what-for.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTinExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Most of the movie is based on whether or not it's true, or a metaphor. Turns out, there's nothing metaphorical about it.
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'''{{Tagline}}'''



Amelia "Milly" Michaelson and her family has had a tough year. The father of the family had passed away, causing them to move to a new neighborhood. Milly and her brother Louis have a rough time adjusting to their new schools and their mother's return to the workforce has her working with a computer that she can't figure out.

Milly soon meets her neighbor Eric, an autistic young boy living with an alcoholic uncle named Hugo. He never socializes with others, hasn't spoken at all, and sometimes raises his arms in the air to pretend to be an airplane, since his parents died in a plane crash. As soon as the two meet, Eric and Milly warm up to each other and become fast friends. However, with Hugo's alcoholism and Eric's strange behavior, Eric could be taken away to a hospital at any moment. Furthermore, a couple of strange incidents makes Milly start to believe that Eric might really have the ability to fly...

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Amelia "Milly" Michaelson (Lucy Deakins) and her family has have had a tough year. The Her father of the family had has passed away, causing them to move to a new neighborhood. Milly and her brother Louis (Creator/FredSavage) have a rough time adjusting to their new schools and their mother's mom Charlene's (Creator/BonnieBedelia) return to the workforce has her working with a computer that she can't figure out.

Milly soon meets her neighbor Eric, Eric Gibb (Jay Underwood), an autistic young boy living with an alcoholic uncle named Hugo.Hugo (Creator/FredGwynne). He never socializes with others, hasn't spoken at all, and sometimes raises his arms in the air to pretend to be an airplane, since his parents died in a plane crash. As soon as the two meet, Eric and Milly warm up to each other and become fast friends. However, with Hugo's alcoholism and Eric's strange behavior, Eric could be taken away to a hospital at any moment. Furthermore, a couple of strange incidents makes Milly start to believe that Eric might really have the ability to fly...fly...
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Milly soon meets her neighbor Eric, an autistic young man living with an alcoholic uncle named Hugo. He never socializes with others, hasn't spoken at all, and sometimes raises his arms in the air to pretend to be an airplane, since his parents died in a plane crash. As soon as the two meet, Eric and Milly warm up to each other and become fast friends. However, with Hugo's alcoholism and Eric's strange behavior, Eric could be taken away to a hospital at any moment. Furthermore, a couple of strange incidents makes Milly start to believe that Eric might really have the ability to fly...

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Milly soon meets her neighbor Eric, an autistic young man boy living with an alcoholic uncle named Hugo. He never socializes with others, hasn't spoken at all, and sometimes raises his arms in the air to pretend to be an airplane, since his parents died in a plane crash. As soon as the two meet, Eric and Milly warm up to each other and become fast friends. However, with Hugo's alcoholism and Eric's strange behavior, Eric could be taken away to a hospital at any moment. Furthermore, a couple of strange incidents makes Milly start to believe that Eric might really have the ability to fly...

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