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The Kid (2000) 6.1
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Metascore: 45/100
Reviews: 137 user | 86 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com An unhappy and disliked image consultant gets a second shot at life when an eight year old version of himself mysteriously appears. Director:Jon TurteltaubWriter:Audrey Wells |
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Cast
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| Bruce Willis | ... | ||
| Spencer Breslin | ... | ||
| Emily Mortimer | ... | ||
| Lily Tomlin | ... | ||
| Jean Smart | ... | ||
| Chi McBride | ... | ||
| Daniel von Bargen | ... |
Sam Duritz
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| Dana Ivey | ... | ||
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Susan Dalian | ... | |
| Stanley Anderson | ... | ||
| Juanita Moore | ... | ||
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Esther Scott | ... | |
| Deborah May | ... | ||
| Vernee Watson | ... |
Newsstand Cashier
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| Jan Hoag | ... | ||
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Storyline
Russ Duritz is a wealthy L.A. image consultant, but as he nears 40, he's cynical, dogless, chickless, estranged from his father, and he has no memories of his childhood. One night he surprises an intruder, who turns out to be a kid, almost 8 years old. There's something oddly familiar about the chubby lad, whose name is Rusty. The boy's identity sparks a journey into Russ's past that the two of them take - to find the key moment that has defined who Russ is. Two long-suffering women look on with disbelief: Russ's secretary, Janet, and his assistant, the lovely Amy, to whom Rusty takes a shine. What, and who, is at the end of this journey? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords:
image consultant | childhood | one two combo | altering history | cartoon on tv |Taglines:
Nobody ever grows up quite like they imagined.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for boxing action and mild thematic elements | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 July 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Disney's The Kid See more »Box Office
Budget:
$60,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$12,687,726 (USA) (7 July 2000)Gross:
ESP 491,340,030 (Spain) (29 June 2001)Company Credits
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Russ Duritz: When you're sixteen.
Rusty Duritz: When do I get a car?
Russ Duritz: When you're eighteen.
Rusty Duritz: When do I get a hickey?
Russ Duritz: [smile] When you're seventeen.
Rusty Duritz: When do I find out what a hickey is?
Russ Duritz: Not tonight.
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(uncredited)
Written by Traditional
Performed by Spencer Breslin
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Trivia
WILHELM SCREAM: While Russ is talking to Amy, someone screams on a movie on TV Rusty is watching. See more »Goofs
While Russ confronts Rusty sitting in the chair, just after Russ turn off the TV, the boom operator is reflected in the T.V. See more »Quotes
Rusty Duritz: When do I learn how to drive?Russ Duritz: When you're sixteen.
Rusty Duritz: When do I get a car?
Russ Duritz: When you're eighteen.
Rusty Duritz: When do I get a hickey?
Russ Duritz: [smile] When you're seventeen.
Rusty Duritz: When do I find out what a hickey is?
Russ Duritz: Not tonight.
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Rich Eisen.........Stuart Scott See more »Soundtracks
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt(uncredited)
Written by Traditional
Performed by Spencer Breslin
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From a perspective that it is possible to make movies that are not offensive to people with strong moral values, this one is definitely worthwhile. This is the second Bruce Willis film in a row that manages to tell its story with no nudity, off-color humor, profanity, or gratuitous violence. (I refer of course to The Sixth Sense.) Both movies are engaging on more than one level. This one is appropriate for children as well, although as others have pointed out, it isn't a flick FOR kids.
I was bothered that the time travel device that drives this plot is never explained, except that we know Russell himself initiates it as a 70 year old. Also, why does his dying mother have to come to school to get him when he wins the fight; why, if as his older self says, he has to fight that kid again and again for the next few years does his mother not have to come and get him every time, and why he doesn't learn to kick butt in the process. I also found the score rather annoying and not always appropriate to the action on stage.
Good use of the red plane as metaphor, however.