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Well-intentioned but sappy, The Kid & I is a strange hybrid of comedy and cinema verite.
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The mesmerizingly awful The Kid & I is a historic first: a comedy about the making of a vanity production that is itself a vanity production. December 6, 2005 | Rating: 1/4
The mesmerizingly awful The Kid & I is a historic first: a comedy about the making of a vanity production that is itself a vanity production.
Lou Lumenick
It's terribly uneven, it's far too corny and it's really not all that great, but it's so strange and so compelling that you have to see it. December 5, 2005
It's terribly uneven, it's far too corny and it's really not all that great, but it's so strange and so compelling that you have to see it.
Richard Roeper
It would be nice to say that The Kid & I delivers a heartwarming message of perseverance while showing a lighter side of Arnold and spotlighting a new star. Unfortunately, it would not be true. December 2, 2005
It would be nice to say that The Kid & I delivers a heartwarming message of perseverance while showing a lighter side of Arnold and spotlighting a new star. Unfortunately, it would not be true.
Stephen Whitty
Tom Arnold does have talent, but some self-defeating streak keeps him from using it. December 2, 2005 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Tom Arnold does have talent, but some self-defeating streak keeps him from using it.
Elizabeth Weitzman
What sets The Kid & I apart from most Hollywood comedies is its restraint, on the part of Arnold, both as writer and actor, as well as Spheeris. Comedy actually grows out of character and situation. December 2, 2005 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
What sets The Kid & I apart from most Hollywood comedies is its restraint, on the part of Arnold, both as writer and actor, as well as Spheeris. Comedy actually grows out of character and situation.
Kevin Thomas
This wan attempt at inspirational comedy doesn't bother to look closely at anything. December 2, 2005 | Rating: C-
This wan attempt at inspirational comedy doesn't bother to look closely at anything.
Robert Denerstein
Tom Arnold wrote and stars in this heart-on-sleeve "comedy" that will go down in cinema history as one of the most awkward additions ever made to the genre. June 15, 2009 | Rating: D | Full Review…
Tom Arnold wrote and stars in this heart-on-sleeve "comedy" that will go down in cinema history as one of the most awkward additions ever made to the genre.
Cole Smithey
Works most poignantly as a testament to a father's love and an unapologetic celebration of Hollywood's m.o. March 1, 2007 | Full Review…
Works most poignantly as a testament to a father's love and an unapologetic celebration of Hollywood's m.o.
Doris Toumarkine
Has straight-to-DVD written all over it. May 4, 2006 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Has straight-to-DVD written all over it.
Matt Pais
Imagine if Tom Arnold had written "Adaptation." No, really. December 15, 2005
Imagine if Tom Arnold had written "Adaptation." No, really.
Luke Y. Thompson
With the exception of some weird-on-purpose flicks such as those by Jim Jarmusch and David Lynch, "The Kid & I" is arguably the weirdest movie I've seen since 1987. December 9, 2005 | Rating: 3/4
With the exception of some weird-on-purpose flicks such as those by Jim Jarmusch and David Lynch, "The Kid & I" is arguably the weirdest movie I've seen since 1987.
Linda Cook
It isn't perfect but it is so oddly sincere that I found myself growing a sort of affection for it even as all common sense was telling me to think otherwise. December 6, 2005 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It isn't perfect but it is so oddly sincere that I found myself growing a sort of affection for it even as all common sense was telling me to think otherwise.
Peter Sobczynski
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