The Kid
Metascore
45 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 32
  3. Negative: 7 out of 32
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    38
    Falls flat on its face.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Neither can I imagine many sane adults wanting to put themselves through this movie.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    30
    So rich in processed sugar, canned sentiment and schmaltz, I thought I was going to throw up.
  4. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Curtis Morgan
    25
    Deadly dull.
  5. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    25
    Wields its Middle America values and moralistic flogging of idiosyncratic lifestyle choices like a flipped bird.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    20
    Director Jon Turteltaub's insistence upon hammering every point home with giant closeups and relentless musical underlining makes this insufferably cloying and sickly sweet.
  7. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    10
    The Kid's denouement resembles the nightmare that would have transpired had execs foisted a toupee and a happy ending on "12 Monkeys."

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User Score
5.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. sfarcus
    9
    This is a wonderful family movie with a lot of funny and warm moments. Bruce Willis and Spencer Breslin were fantastic.
  2. MovieLonely94
    2
    this movie is so horrible!
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