A Smile as Big as the Moon - Hallmark Hall of Fame

MOVIE REVIEW


A Smile as Big as the Moon
Hallmark Hall of Fame

*Based Upon True Story and Book, also Titled: A Smile as Big as the Moon

Network: ABC

Original Air Date: January 29, 2012


CAST:

John Corbett ... Mike Kersjes
Jessy Schram ... Robynn
Cynthia Watros ... Dr. Deborah Barnhart
Logan Huffman ... Scott
David Lambert ... Steve
Cameron Deane Stewart ... Josh Morgan
Mike Pniewski ... Big Dan
Matthew Lintz ... Shawn Kersjes
Louise Linton ... Julie
Macsen Lintz ... Ryan Kersjes
Jimmy Bellinger ... Matt
Bruce McKinnon ... Col. Weschler
Chris Cozort ... Diner Patron
Keith Flippen ... David Schmidt
Tammy Arnold ... Home Ec Teacher
Abigail Corrigan ... Lisa
Fred Griffith ... Judge
Brantley Pollock ... Techno Star #1
Darrell Rackley ... Parent
Tyrin Niles Wyche ... Jamal
Breezy Eslin ... Stephanie
Abby Corrigan ... Lisa
Tanner Dow ... Adam

A Smile as Big as the Moon
(Hallmark Hall of Fame)
ABC

PLOT:

from Hallmark Hall of Fame:

Mike Kersjes is the name of a real special-education teacher (and football coach), in Michigan. Mike doesn’t talk down to his “special” students. He respects them, and he believes they’re capable of achieving great things.

Mike hears about Space Camp, a competitive education program at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Even though it’s designed for gifted science students, Mike decides participating in the summer program would do wonders for the self-esteem of his young students, one especially who wants to be an astronaut.

He faced incredible obstacles in trying to make his improbable dream become an inspiring reality. At first, school administrators refused to buy in. The folks who ran the camp were less than encouraging; they’d never had a group of special ed kids apply before. Trying to raise the money to pay for the trip was a nightmare. The kids even put on a carwash!

But it was after they were finally given the green light that the real challenge began. How to get kids with Down syndrome, Tourette’s, learning disabilities and emotional problems to leave their baggage behind, to coalesce into a team, and to tackle a bunch of extremely smart students from top schools around the country?

After 9 months of rigorous training preparation the class molded itself into a working team where they turned in a performance so startling, so surprising that it will leave you breathless.

Mike Kersjes had an impossible idea. Yet he made it happen. A truly triumphant story of the power of the human spirit. You won’t want to miss it!

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