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When Rickey and his friends put a snake in the desk of the new substitute teacher, to their surprise, she lovingly picks it up and puts it around her neck. Soon her strange stories of the wonders and beauty of the world around them helps them to see there is more to life than ever imagined.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 72GoodWatch 61
IMDb7.2
Running time
55 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 family movies, −40 min on the typical 95
typical 9555Half of all family movies run 88–106 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1990
June 15, 1990
36 years ago
Genre
FamilyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
15 of 15
Alexis CruzRicky- NHNico HughesHector
Lourdes BenedictoMonica
Amanda PlummerMiss Ferenczi
Alice SpivakMrs. Reeseman
Paul StolarskyMr. Hibler
Daniel Louis RivasWayne- HIHamadi IzzardLeon
- VMVirgilio MartiOld Man
- APAurelio PadrónDomingo
- CJCarol Jean LewisMrs. Harris
Sully DiazLupe (Mom)- KBKeith BergerAngel #1
- SDSharon DiskinAngel #2
Arthur FrenchSuperintendant
Directing · 1
- Mark Cullingham Director
Writing · 2
- Carl Haber Writer
- Manuel Arce Writer
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