The film revolves around a young Australian boy named Dylan who has a passion for flying, as he experiences a new experience by competing in the World Paper Aircraft Championships in Japan. Within a short period, the boy finds himself faced with the distraction and hostility of the school bully, as well as his father, still saddened by the death of his mother in a car accident as well as more challenges and struggles everywhere with the passage of time.
Paper Planes is a simple reminder in this high-tech age that joy can be found in a plain piece of paper and that, if my paper plane-laden home is anything to go by, old fashioned films like this can still ignite the imagination.
Ed Oxenbould, the talented Aussie child actor also recently seen in The Visit, gives another appealing performance in this otherwise bland and flimsy kids' movie.
