Kid-Thing
Factory 25 | Release Date: August 7, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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70
The DissolveNoel MurrayAug 7, 2013
Beneath the affectations, there’s poetry in Kid-Thing, and truth in its depiction of how absolute freedom can be a kind of trap. Read full review
70
VarietyRonnie ScheibAug 6, 2013
Spearheaded by phenomenal pint-sized lead Sydney Aguirre, this challenging third feature from the Zellner Brothers retains much of their provocative trademark idiocy but navigates darker waters. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinSep 19, 2013
Kid-Thing proves as disturbing for what it is as for what it's not. Read full review
60
Time OutSam AdamsAug 6, 2013
Aguirre is a find—she has none of the precociousness of the typical screen tween—but the movie’s magical-realist elements don’t jibe with the unstudied naturalism of her performance. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerAug 6, 2013
The film is, if nothing else, an interesting meditation on how a child who grows up without guidance might react to a situation that requires judgment. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineTina HassanniaAug 8, 2013
Its main character's moral predicament with a woman inside a pit becomes a muddle of confused symbolism and trite psychoanalysis. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyAug 6, 2013
The film's slender conceit is given some weight by its 11-year-old leading lady Sydney Aguirre, whose portrait of a flinty, instinctively mischievous tomboy growing up without benefit of parental guidance provides gratification even when there's not much going on. Read full review
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