First Kid
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| Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: August 30, 1996 |
Starring:
Art LaFleur, Blake Boyd, Brock Pierce, Erin Williby, Fawn Reed, James Naughton, Lisa Eichhorn, Robert Guillaume, Sinbad, Timothy Busfield
Summary:
A former boxer turned Secret Service agent is assigned to protect the President's son, who seems determined to make life difficult for his new protector.
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The real strength of the Tim Kelleher script is its understanding that despite the two main characters’ considerable positive traits, they are misfits. Each appreciates the other for his qualities, not his station. The writer has effectively created an appealing fantasy and given it human dimension.
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Sinbad steers First Kid past mediocrity. [30 Aug 1996]
First Kid wouldn't be my first movie choice this weekend, but my 9-year-old consultant thoroughly enjoyed Sinbad's antics, personality and style. [30 Aug 1996, p.32]
Evans and Kelleher could have used the same premise to tell a different story -- one in which viewers could relate to some of the perks of being First Kid instead of just the inconveniences. Luke could show kids a more exciting world. [30 Aug 1996, p.C]
There's not much any actor can do with material as woeful as this. Pierce seems as charmless at the end of First Kid as he is in the early scenes, while Sinbad seems lost without a stand-up shtick. [30 Aug 1996]
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