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2002
R
Focus Features
1 h 33 m

2002
R
Focus Features
1 h 33 m

Summary Traces the meteoric rise, fall, and rise again of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans. Adapted from Mr. Evans's tell-all autobiography, the movie takes the audience on an intimate journey into the mind of this Hollywood legend. (USA Films)

Directed By: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen

Written By: Robert Evans, Brett Morgen

2002
R
Focus Features
1 h 33 m

2002
R
Focus Features
1 h 33 m

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews

75

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

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Summary Traces the meteoric rise, fall, and rise again of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans. Adapted from Mr. Evans's tell-all autobiography, the movie takes the audience on an intimate journey into the mind of this Hollywood legend. (USA Films)

Directed By: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen

Written By: Robert Evans, Brett Morgen

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews

87% Positive
27 Reviews

10% Mixed
3 Reviews

3% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews

87% Positive
27 Reviews

10% Mixed
3 Reviews

3% Negative
1 Review

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Washington Post

Has to be one of the must-see films for any student of Hollywood fame and infamy.

By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

An imaginative self-profile of producer Robert Evans, could well be the most totally irresistible movie of the summer.

By William Arnold FULL REVIEW

Chicago Sun-Times

A new documentary about the life of this producer who put together one of the most remarkable winning streaks in Hollywood history, and followed it with a losing streak that almost destroyed him. It's one of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

The best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like, but how the creative process itself operates: messily, erratically, outside of most people's morality, but with a force and purposiveness that makes the machinations of the rest of us look irresolute by comparison.

By Ray Conlogue FULL REVIEW

Philadelphia Inquirer

Robert Evans has been variously described as the Hugh Hefner of Hollywood, a Tinseltown Gatsby, the Lancelot of the backlot.

By Carrie Rickey FULL REVIEW

Chicago Tribune

If Hollywood is really a dream factory, then it's the movie moguls and movie stars who live that dream to the hilt. In the late 1970s few lived quite as large as Robert Evans.

By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW

The movie's only discernible purpose is as publicity for the book. An admitted egomaniac, Evans is no Hollywood villain, and yet this grating showcase almost makes you wish he'd gone the way of Don Simpson. Instead, he'll probably get an Irving Thalberg award.

By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Highway Films, Ministry of Propaganda Films, Robert Evans Company, Woodland Pictures LLC

Release Date Jul 26, 2002

Duration 1 h 33 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline The Story Of A Man Who Seduced Hollywood.

Website http://www.kidstaysinthepicture.com/

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Awards

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

• 2 Nominations

Seattle Film Critics Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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