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Disney's The Kid (2000)

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Reviews Counted:95

Fresh:47

Rotten:48

Average Rating:5.2/10

Consensus: Critics find The Kid to be too sweet and the movie's message to be annoyingly simplistic.

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Comedies

Box Office: $2,989,675

Synopsis: Russ Duritz is a success--he has looks, he has money, and he has power. The only things he's missing are friends and a conscience. But when an eight-year-old boy mysteriously keeps popping up in... Russ Duritz is a success--he has looks, he has money, and he has power. The only things he's missing are friends and a conscience. But when an eight-year-old boy mysteriously keeps popping up in his high-security home, Russ finds things getting strange: The boy turns out to be himself at age eight--Rusty. Once Russ is able to even accept that the boy is who he says he is (with the hilarious help of Dana Ivey as a therapist under pressure and Lily Tomlin as Russ's assistant), he resists being associated with that image of himself yet again: a pudgy "loser" with a speech impediment. His halfhearted attempts to court his assistant, Amy, are accelerated when his younger self decides to take a hand. Russ thinks he's supposed to help his eight-year-old self become less of a geek, but Rusty might be there to teach Russ a thing or two about the things that really matter. Director Jon Turteltaub also produced this nostalgic, shamelessly emotional film, which features cameos by Larry King and Harold Greene. [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin

Starring: Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin, Jean Smart, Chi McBride

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Screenwriter: Audrey Wells
Producer: Jon Turteltaub, Christina Steinberg, Hunt Lowry
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

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  • International superstar Bruce Willis (UNBREAKABLE, THE SIXTH SENSE), along with Lily Tomlin (9 TO 5, TEA WITH MUSSOLINI), Emily Mortimer (SCREAM 3, NOTTING HILL), and newcomer Spencer Breslin star in the hilarious and heartwarming comedy DISNEY'S THE KID. Successful, high-powered Russ Duritz (Willis) has spent all of his incredibly empty life forgetting the child he used to be -- until one day, he meets him face-to-face! Thinking this kid is a hallucination, Russ does everything he can to make him go away. But 8-year-old Rusty (Breslin), who's anything but happy that he grows up to be a loser without real meaning in his life, can't leave -- at least not yet. At once funny and charming, DISNEY'S THE KID is a magical comedy that's filled with adult-sized laughs.
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    01/01/00
    Empire Magazine

    This Kid's hard to resist.

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    12/08/02
    Film Threat

    Extremely funny and sweet.

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    BeatBoxBetty.com

    By rights The Kid should be dreadful. Surprisingly enough, it often soars to heights of not bad.

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    01/01/00
    A.O. Scott
    A.O. Scott
    New York Times
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    Perfectly acceptable entertainment in the Mouse Factory's most familiar vein.

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    Andrew O'Hehir
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    Get out your handkerchiefs.

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    Bill Chambers
    Bill Chambers
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    Nothing great here. But nothing greatly mismanaged, either, which is something that can't be said about most of this summer's movies.

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    Bob Strauss
    Bob Strauss
    Los Angeles Daily News

    For all its pretensions and a tremendously tear-jerky climax, The Kid does have winning ways and some decent laughs.

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    Bob Thompson
    Bob Thompson
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    Boasts a terrific performance from Bruce Willis.

    Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
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    Chuck Rudolph
    Chuck Rudolph
    Matinee Magazine

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    01/01/00
    Dan Lybarger
    Dan Lybarger
    Nitrate Online

    The journey itself is more charming, and less sentimental, than you might suspect.

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    David Ansen
    David Ansen
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    01/01/00
    David Keyes
    David Keyes
    Cinemaphile.org

    The Kid is a delightful, innocuous family film, one that kids will enjoy as well as adults.

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    01/01/00
    Erik Childress
    Erik Childress
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    A compelling movie that challenges us to confront our inner child and incidents in the past which have deeply influenced us.

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    03/16/02
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Spirituality and Practice

    Disney's The Kid has a very strong chance at being a 'surprise hit.'

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    Greg Dean Schmitz
    Greg Dean Schmitz
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    Has reasonable appeal for adults who had to give up their own dreams.

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    Harvey S. Karten
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