The Cure Word Search Puzzle – Search Characters, Actors and Actresses. Word Search Puzzle Solver. Dexter, age 11, who has AIDS, and his next door neighbor Eric, a little older and much bigger, become best friends. Eric also becomes closer to Dexter's mother than to his own, who is neglectful and bigoted and violently forbids their friendship upon learning of it. Dexter and Erik start the journey to find "The Cure" they had read about in the local newspaper. Find out the following actor, actress, character names, and other movie-related words hidden in this word search puzzle based on this movie.. This includes identifying and searching for words that are related to : Pony, Gail, Erik, Linda, Tyler, Dexter, Male Nurse, Nicky Katt, Aeryk Egan, Peter Moore, Brad Renfro, Diana Scarwid, Joseph Mazzello, Annabella Sciorra .