The Kid (2000)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 97
Fresh: 48 | Rotten: 49
Critics find The Kid to be too sweet and the movie's message to be annoyingly simplistic.
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 15
Critics find The Kid to be too sweet and the movie's message to be annoyingly simplistic.
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Movie Info
Noted cartoonist and humorist Gahan Wilson helped create this animated made-for-cable feature about a ten-year-old boy on the cusp of adolescence who is still trying to fathom the ways of the adult world. The voice cast includes Eugene Levy, Edward Asner, and Lolita Davidovich. The Kid was produced for the Showtime premium cable network. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Bruce Willis
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Spencer Breslin
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Emily Mortimer
Amy -
Lily Tomlin
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Chi McBride
Kenny -
Jean Smart
Deirdre Lafever -
Dana Ivey
Dr. Alexander -
Daniel von Bargen
Sam Duritz -
Stanley Anderson
Bob Riley -
Susan Dalian
Giselle
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All Critics (119) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (50) | DVD (15)
This comedy-fantasy about finding one's inner child falls flat on its face.
Top CriticWarm-hearted and effective.
The Kid gets bogged down in its sentimental manipulations.
Insufferably cloying and sickly sweet for anyone with the least intolerance to 'find the inner child' saccharinity.
Very funny and genuinely insightful family movie.
There's something even more hard-to-take than a cherubic tot trying his or her darndest to be adorable: it's an ugly kid acting annoying.
...boring and slow and unfunny and a waste of Bruce Willis' time.
This is obviously a blowoff role for Willis; apart from a few frantic scenes where he thinks he's crazy, he appears to be reading lines in his sleep.
Audience Reviews for The Kid
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I've always thought that Bruce Willis was a great actor in all of his movies, especially when it comes to the action ones such as the Die Hard series. I don't know what kind of movie most people would put "The Kid" in, but I thought it was a mix between comedy and drama. Bruce Willis proved in "The Kid" that he can be just as great of a comedy actor as he can in action ("Die Hard") or any other kind of film such as "Mercury Rising" and "The Sixth Sense." There were several parts such as when Bruce Willis had a nervous breakdown, that had me laughing out of control.
Not only is "The Kid" a hilarious movie, it also has a sort of deeper meaning to it that I'll let you find out for yourself. I know in ways I wish I could see a younger version of myself and learn more about the ups and downs of my past that I don't remember. If you've got any kid left in you or if you just want to see a great movie, do yourself a favor and purchase "The Kid." NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2001. One of those handful of Disney movies you've never heard of, that isn't a cartoon, but is awesome.
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