Quotes about
Joseph Mazzello: "We got to see all these planes at the airport. We had bunk beds and I got to be on top. We got to go exploring all the time. We had this great dog and he protected us. And a clubhouse and a pet turtle and all sorts of neat thi ngs."
Radio Flyer Press Pack: Although Elijah was the older, more experienced actor, Joseph Mazzello, now eight was gifted well beyond his years."
Richard Donner: "When we got Elijah and Joey together, I just looked at Lauren and said, 'Stop right now,' because we'd found what we were looking for. The chemistry was simply phenomenal. It grew and developed throughout the picture. They becam e like real brothers -- the teasing, the loving, the pain, and the happiness. They antagonize each other like brothers do, but let something try to come between them and you would see the incredibly strong bond there. They're two of the most amazing actor s I've ever worked with."
Joseph Mazzello's Mother: "By the time he was five, he had memorized all the Rogers and Hammerstein musicals."
Lauren Shuler-Donner: "Joey is complex and sensitive. He has a depth that's incredible for someone his age -- and one of the most expressive faces I've seen on anyone of any age."
Bob Strauss The Daily News of Los Angeles: ". . .''Radio Flyer,'' . . . contains two of the finest children's performances in many a movie moon."
Rene Rodriguez: "Wood and Mazzello are wonderful: Their acting is free of the precociousness and cute tricks that often spoil children's performances. Even when the script gives them lines that belie their ages, you accept them. They're extraord inary."
Mark Dawidziak Akron Beacon Journal: "Wood and Mazzello are terrific."
Jay Carr Boston Globe: "Elijah Wood and Joseph Mazzello are winning as the brothers."
Pat Berman The State: "The actor who plays Hanks as a child, Elijah Wood, and his younger brother Bobby, played by Joseph Mazzello, are nearly irresistible. If the movie had been as genuinely appealing as these kids then ''Radio Flyer'' m ight have worked."