The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002

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Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Critics

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THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE

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Movie Details & Credits

Focus Features | Release Date: July 26, 2002

Starring: Robert Evans

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)

Director: Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: R

Runtime: 93 min

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Awards & Rankings

57	#57 Best Movie of 2002

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Critic Reviews

100

Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

A candy store for film buffs. Read full review

100

Boston Globe - Ty Burr

Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses, and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all. Read full review

90

The New York Times - A.O. Scott

One of the funniest, and most telling, films of the year. The filmmakers call "Kid" a documentary, but the movie is one of the unusual kind that is firmly lodged inside the subject's perspective. Read full review

75

Baltimore Sun - Michael Sragow

Fantasy, not honesty, is the point of The Kid Stays in the Picture. Read full review

75

Philadelphia Inquirer - Carrie Rickey

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

70

Chicago Reader - Jonathan Rosenbaum

If you ever suspected that assholes are running the world, this documentary adapting producer and former actor Robert Evans's autobiography, narrated with relish by Evans himself--the cinematic equivalent of a Vanity Fair article, complete with tuxes and swimming pools--offers all the confirmation you'll ever need. Read full review

10

Village Voice - Michael Atkinson

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. Read full review

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