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The Kid

2019

Vincent D'Onofrio

Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan, Jake Schur, Leila George ...

5.5

1,955

Western. Drama “The Kid” tells the story of a young boy who witnesses Billy the Kid’s encounter with Sheriff Pat Garrett and stars Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan, Jake Schur, Leila George, Vincent D’Onofrio and Chris Pratt.

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Enjoyable and finely acted (...) The result is very pleasing, even for moviegoers who don't pine for the Western's return (...) DeHaan makes Billy's charm persuasive"	POS
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"A consistently involving and often exciting drama (...) The shootouts and showdowns in 'The Kid' are presented with more than enough kinetic flair"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"'The Kid' often struggles to find its footing (...) A tragedy about how violence forces kids to grow up too soon withers into a routine story"	NEG
United States	Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"[An] absorbing, well-structured and superbly acted movie (...) So often, good things happen when one actor directs other actors, and 'The Kid' is a prime example of that"	POS
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"'The Kid' feels less like an actual movie than a table-napkin idea for one (...) While marquee names wrestle with characters as insubstantial as holograms, Lloyd [DP] gives us a reason to keep watching."	NEU
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"An outlandish and original take on the legend of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, as told from a unique point of view (...) D’Onofrio has as an admirable visual style (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"[It is] very aware of whom those characters are (...) I think Shur does an effective job portraying Rio’s conflict (...) [Hawke] and DeHaan definitely steal the show for the most part"	POS
United States	Arielle Bernstein rogerebert.com	"By the end of the film, we don’t really gain any new moral clarity about what it means to confront a world where might makes right (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Soren Andersen Seattle Times	"Hawke gives the strongest performance (...) There’s gunplay aplenty, but nothing about 'The Kid' sets it apart from the many Billy movies that have preceded it (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Adam Graham Detroit News	"There’s not enough here to make this journey worth taking. There have been better stories of Billy the Kid"	NEG
Canada	Sandy Schaefer Screen Rant	"[It] mistakes gritty violence and broodiness for substance (...) It's the execution where things fall apart (...) As far as misfires go, 'The Kid' isn't terrible so much as it rings hollow (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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