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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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  • Disney's The Kid
  • 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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    Anyone who still doubts that Bruce Willis is one of the best actors working in films today should check out how he punches up this fluffy fantasy about a midlife crisis.

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    Jonathan Foreman
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    You somehow never object to such shameless manipulation.

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    Jonathan Lewis
    Jonathan Lewis
    Gay Chicago Magazine

    No es apta para personas amargadas o resentidas con la vida, sino parta aquellos que tienen corazón de pollo y alma de niño

    Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
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    Jorge Avila Andrade
    Jorge Avila Andrade
    Moviola

    So eager to please it ends up falling all over itself, The Kid could have used the more evenhanded touch Wells displayed in directing Guinevere.

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    Kenneth Turan
    Kenneth Turan
    Los Angeles Times
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    Disney's The Kid is a better movie than it has any right to be.

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    Kirk Honeycutt
    Kirk Honeycutt
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    Laura Clifford
    Laura Clifford
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    Audrey Wells's script and Turteltaub's presentation ring true just often enough to prevent the comedy from descending forever into Cutesy-Wutesy Hell. But nothing seems too shameless for them.

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    Lawrence Toppman
    Lawrence Toppman
    Charlotte Observer

    Bruce Willis deserves full props.

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    Lisa Schwarzbaum
    Lisa Schwarzbaum
    Entertainment Weekly
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    Overall, [Turtletaub] keeps a delicate balance between fantasy, wonder, action, romance and character.

    Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
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    Louis B. Parks
    Louis B. Parks
    Houston Chronicle
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    Mark R. Leeper
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    A charmless, saccharine sitcom.

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    MaryAnn Johanson
    MaryAnn Johanson
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    A strong film with a big heart.

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    Max Messier
    Max Messier
    Filmcritic.com

    Why am I sick to my stomach?

    Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
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    Michael O'Sullivan
    Michael O'Sullivan
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    This comedy-fantasy about finding one's inner child falls flat on its face.

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    Michael Wilmington
    Michael Wilmington
    Chicago Tribune
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    Only the hardest heats will refuse to be warmed.

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    Nell Minow
    Nell Minow
    Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

    It's not the big movie of summer 2000 that everyone's been waiting for, but it's solid, if ultimately uninspired, July entertainment.

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    Peter Brunette
    Peter Brunette
    Film.com
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    Nothing is very believable in the film.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
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    Peter Stack
    Peter Stack
    San Francisco Chronicle
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    A sugary-sweet, diversionary summer treat.

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    Philip Booth
    Philip Booth
    Orlando Weekly

    It could have been worse -- much worse.

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    Rob Blackwelder
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