Billy, who suffers from Aspergers Syndrome, is sympathetic, but you can easily understand why he's a social outcast. This is a film about Billy, not about his condition.
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06/09/09
Billy The Kid (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 24
Rotten:4
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Consensus: Jennifer Venditti's doc Billy the Kid turns "special" into a double edged sword, forging a sharply honest film around a strangely enigmatic -- if awkward -- kid named Billy.
Theatrical Release:Dec 5, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Jennifer Venditti makes an astonishing directorial debut with BILLY THE KID. A New York City-based casting director, Venditti discovered the 15-year-old Billy Price while working on a short film in... [More]
Director: Jennifer Venditti
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04/23/09
The rough and ready filmmaking technique makes it challenging for the viewer at times, and perhaps a stricter editing discipline could have tightened the film
10/18/08
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04/03/08
Top CriticThe best documentaries take you places you don't normally have access to.
02/29/08
Top CriticOpens as a study on a teen with some social/behavioral issues. The film makes sure never to label, then gently tangents from the study into a sweet spontaneous love story.
02/25/08
Watching Billy the Kid duplicates -- as much as any movie probably can -- the fascinating process of trying to figure out someone you've just met.
02/08/08
A raw, touching, unfiltered look at the teenage angst that Hollywood usually turns into brain-dead comedy.
02/08/08
Top CriticBilly's resilience, though, is nothing short of amazing. Not to mention part of growing up.
02/08/08
Top CriticWhat you ultimately take from the film is the awareness that this smart, self-aware, uncensored kid has been playing to a camera in his own head since well before Venditti came along.
02/07/08
Billy the Kid is an unforgettable, distressing, riveting snapshot of a boy and his world; a high-speed descent into pure impulse that should not be missed.
02/01/08
Without a hint of irony, he spouts off, I hope the next film I'm in is action. So do I.
01/24/08
What makes Billy the Kid extraordinary is not that it grants seeming access to private moments, but that it makes clear as well the inherently public nature of the filmmaking process.
01/17/08
Billy may come off as an odd duck, but he's not mean or too peculiar. Actually, he's pretty likable, which is why you'll probably find yourself rooting for him to get the girl and to be happy for a change.
01/11/08
... a window into the world of adolescence, where everything is immediate and intense and important.
01/10/08
Billy the Kid, a movie that's as interesting as it is dewy-eyed, may be the rare snapshot of an adolescent 'outcast' who is really the guy made for fame, with a built-in radar for how to present himself in front of the camera.
01/09/08
Top CriticNobody ever said growing up a small-town geek was easy. I know from personal experience, and so does Billy Price, the subject of director Jennifer Venditti's affecting documentary Billy the Kid.
12/07/07
Top CriticThere's something to be said for Venditti's ability to build the kind of trust with a subject necessary to get full participation.
12/06/07
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