The Karate Kid (2010)

All Critics (201) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (136) | Rotten (68) | DVD (12)

It's as sweet-natured a movie as you could expect about a 12-year-old learning to beat the crap out of his schoolmates.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Dana Stevens

Slate

Top Critic

The latest "The Karate Kid" will probably work best for young audiences unaware of its predecessor - or of much of anything else for that matter.

June 18, 2010 Full Review | Comments (10)

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Top Critic

It's not as good as the 1984 version. I say that not just out of nostalgia, but because I think that that was a more satisfying drama.

June 14, 2010 Full Review | Comments (7)

A.O. Scott

At the Movies

Top Critic

If the movie's overlong (and it is, by about 20 minutes), it's long for a reason: It gives Dre time to grow.

June 11, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Amy Biancolli

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

The script follows the predictable path from humiliation to humility to a climactic showdown, complete with a deciding slow-motion kick.

June 11, 2010 Full Review | Comments (12)

Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

This year's Kid lacks the light-hearted buoyancy of the original; it's heavier with loss and a particularly vicious cruelty.

June 11, 2010 Full Review

Kathleen Murphy

MSN Movies

Top Critic

This remake is fun, lighthearted and enormously entertaining. A great family film.

December 25, 2012 Full Review

John Hanlon

Big Hollywood

The screenplay gives Dre way too many dumb things to say while needlessly stretching out the entire story into a film that runs overly-long at 132 minutes.

October 1, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

At two hours plus the film is much too long (do we really need that many montages of seeing Smith train?), but it just manages to provide enough watchable entertainment to keep less demanding members of the audience happy.

December 13, 2011 Full Review

Laurence Boyce

The Baltic Times

The story worked in 1984 and it works now.

August 26, 2011 Full Review

Eric Goldman

IGN Movies

The Karate Kid is an excellent coming-of-age sports film filled with heart and humor that doesn't test your gag reflex. Even if you love the original the new version is a worthy follow up, both comfortable and fresh, and that isn't easy to do.

March 29, 2011 Full Review

Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

Zwart's adaptation pretty much fails across the board.

January 27, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Gabe Leibowitz

Film and Felt

'The Karate Kid' overcame the remake curse.

January 3, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Clay Cane

BET.com

I wanted to love it, but I couldn't help but see through its ruse, in the end...

December 30, 2010 Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

The Karate Kid 2010 is a thoughtful and professionally executed remake, retaining everything that really mattered about the original -- specifically the sincere relationship between the young protégé and his mentor.

October 21, 2010 Full Review | Comments (2)

Simon Miraudo

Quickflix

So, part propaganda piece (will everyone in Detroit start packing?) and mostly predictable, warmed-over rehash, I'm guessing most young girl fans of Will Smith's son will find Jaden to be the cat's meow in his first starring role.

October 15, 2010 Full Review | Comments (3)

Elias Savada

Film Threat

If you're one of the cautious fans wary of the remake, do yourself a favor -- drop your reservations and give The Karate Kid a look.

October 14, 2010 Full Review | Comments (3)

R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

The reboot does a good job of updating the story while keeping the bones of the original conflict intact.

October 5, 2010 Full Review

Christopher Lloyd

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

should. A note for note remake which magically manages to make you cry at all the same emotional push points as the original.

October 3, 2010

Kam Williams

TheLoop21.com

Un remake digno del clásico ochentero. Sorprenden las actuaciones de Jackie Chan y Jaden Smith; además de mostrar de forma contundente el problema de bullying tan actual en el mundo.

September 19, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Luis Martinez

Cinenganos

full review at Movies for the Masses

September 11, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

The result is a raucous little crowd-pleaser that'll entertain 6 to 60 and might even encourage a few of the more doughy audience members to get off that couch and lace up the ol' workout sneakers.

August 24, 2010 Full Review

Frank Wilkins

Frank's Reel Reviews

Even though it's corny, unnecessary and far too long, this remake of the 1984 hit is surprisingly engaging.

August 10, 2010 Full Review | Comments (5)

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

• 1. Mr. Han: What happened to eye?
  2. Dre Parker: I ran into a pole.
  3. Mr. Han: Interesting pole.
  – Submitted by Miles F (9 months ago)
• 1. Dre Parker: I'm sick of getting my ass kicked!
  2. Mr. Han: Stop saying ass.
  – Submitted by Kyler C (10 months ago)
• 1. Mr. Han: Take it off. Drop it down. Pick it up. Put it on. Take it off. Hang it up. Take it down. Put it on. Take it off. Drop it down...
  – Submitted by Diego U (18 months ago)
• 1. Dre Parker: Um, that's nasty.
  – Submitted by Boomer C (21 months ago)
• 1. Mr. Han: That's not Kun-Fu! That's bad man teaching very bad things!
  – Submitted by Keith L (21 months ago)
• 1. Mr. Han: What happened to eye?
  2. Dre Parker: I ran into a pole.
  3. Mr. Han: Interesting pole.
  – Submitted by Henrique T (2 years ago)