The Kid
2019, Western/Drama, 1h 40m
45 Reviews 250+ RatingsWhat to know
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Well-framed, well-cast, and well-intentioned, The Kid still largely fails to set itself apart from the multitude of other westerns covering similar territory. Read critic reviews
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Sheriff Pat Garrett
Billy "The Kid" Bonney
Rio Cutler
Sara Cutler
Bob Olinger
Grant Cutler
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Critic Reviews for The Kid
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This has far, far too many soliloquies... The material itself isn't worthy of it.
September 20, 2019 | Full Review… -
First-time director D'Onofrio has as an admirable visual style, whether we get medium-long-shot takes or intimate close-ups. This is a good-looking period piece film, percolating with top-tier performances.
March 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
It succeeds sporadically as a corrective anti-myth, but as a story about people, it fails to come to life.
March 8, 2019 | Full Review… -
"The Kid" manages some picturesque shots of Western landscapes, and Hawke, who has hit a career stride in recent years, wouldn't know how to turn in a bad performance if he tried. But there's not enough here to make this journey worth taking.
March 8, 2019 | Rating: C | Full Review… -
Simultaneously wants to humanize and mythologize its cowboys - and neither effort works.
March 8, 2019 | Full Review… -
This relegation of female characters to the sidelines is depressing for a film released in 2019, especially because it seems entirely possible to have a film looking at masculinity without reducing women to archetypes.
March 8, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Kid
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Jan 13, 2020Written and directed by Vincent D'Onofrio, The Kid is an entertaining western that looks at the gray area between law and morality. After killing his abusive father, Rio and his sister go on the run and end up hiding out with Billy the Kid and his gang, who are being hunted by a group of lawmen lead by Sheriff Garrett. Featuring Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan, Chris Pratt, and Adam Baldwin, the cast is pretty good and delivers some engaging performances. Additionally, the film does an impressive job at exploring the ambiguity of good and evil. Still, the plot is a little thin and doesn't go a lot into who Billy the Kid was. Yet despite a few weaknesses, The Kid is a compelling character drama.Dann M Super Reviewer
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