The Kid
Lionsgate | Release Date: March 8, 2019
6.2
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imthenoobMay 30, 2019
This is such a massive disappointment for me. I wanted it to succeed so badly but it didn't. The biggest flaw of the film was the poorly told story. There is the plot involving Billy the Kid and the plot involving a pair of siblings on theThis is such a massive disappointment for me. I wanted it to succeed so badly but it didn't. The biggest flaw of the film was the poorly told story. There is the plot involving Billy the Kid and the plot involving a pair of siblings on the run after killing their abusive father. Both storylines blend together poorly and never really form a coherent narrative. On top of that, The film criminally underused Chris Pratt, who finally took on the role of a villain. And it's such a freaking shame when you consider how stacked the cast is and how heavily D'Onofrio was involved in making this film (writing, directing and acting).… Expand
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bfoore90Dec 23, 2019
A good western by Hollywood standards, led by an astounding performance by Ethan Hawke and a surprisingly vile one by Chris Pratt.
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RalfbergsJun 21, 2020
Movie was ok, but like the things that happened in it etc werent that exciting or memorable to say this is a great movie. Felt quite average overall. Like it passed time and wasn't bad
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amheretojudgeMay 24, 2019
D'Onofrio is a professional, he has an eye on the target and a gun in his hand, unfortunately, the kid has to be cradled.

The Kid D'Onofrio has an eye for it. He surely does. But then, he is also milking it. The irrelevance is the majorD'Onofrio is a professional, he has an eye on the target and a gun in his hand, unfortunately, the kid has to be cradled.

The Kid

D'Onofrio has an eye for it. He surely does. But then, he is also milking it. The irrelevance is the major theme that drags, the director, Vincent D'Onofrio's first project, down to a slow dull fist fight. Cowboy duel. I meant, cowboy duels. So, more mundane, in short. And by irrelevancy, I mean, from long close-up shots to devouring the scenery and from brutal violence to crave for cinematic pleasures and then shuck it away for the shocks. Which, is the structure here. It builds up the upcoming event to a degree that it cannot sell. Overselling, is the primary textbook rule in a show business, to have. But to rely upon a wafer thin content as such, has got to be a bit paradoxical.

Another bummer, is how hard D'Onofrio tries. Now, it is always appreciative and he does. But he tries so hard to carve out a marvelous nail-biting sequence, that his one-liner comes off forcefully dry and a cry for cheap shots. And with aplenty flaws as such, the steadiness and confident is to be admired, even though it doesn't come out productively in the narration. Ethan Hawke as the non-heroic personality ought to and does crave for a complex character as such, there is a lot to dig in and he does.

Chris Pratt, the surprising package, as the baddie, is utterly difficult to swallow. More importantly, because he has been playing beloved characters that breathes crowd-pleasing behavior. And yet, Dane DeHaan, amidst this crowd, gets quite a new spin in his character to portray it magnanimously; an opportunity missed, obviously. The Kid should have been a drama that it tries so hard to be and a showcase of D'Onofrio's skillful vocab over his self-created ruffian world, instead it is a Western- for sure- gone wrong and a drama misread.… Expand
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GrantD243Dec 2, 2019
Somewhere in here there's a decent western film, but the final product doesn't show it. It ends up being a paint-by-numbers western that completely falls apart about half way through the runtime.
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JackusBlackusMar 10, 2019
While the performance by Ethan Hawke stands out and the Billy the Kid character is kind of interesting, they are not enough to rescue the rest of the movie.

The movie is about a boy searching for a moral compass in a world of moralWhile the performance by Ethan Hawke stands out and the Billy the Kid character is kind of interesting, they are not enough to rescue the rest of the movie.

The movie is about a boy searching for a moral compass in a world of moral ambiguity, but there is little continuity and progression as the movie stumbles from scene to scene up to a finale that makes no sense except in a Hollywood script. It is as if somebody created a list of Western tropes and the plot was later developed around that list. The dialogue is clumsy and sometimes barely believable and it is filled with tired cliches and neo-cowboy philosophy.

Some of the minor characters end up being distractions that detract from the movie. The biggest distraction is Leila George. Nobody's sister is that beautiful, especially if she is only a minor character.

Finally, I like Chris Pratt, but he was miscast. His character is supposed to be an evil drunken psychopath, but instead he seems too much like Andy Dwyer from Parks and Recreation.… Expand
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PhilipBlakeSep 15, 2019
It's a correct western, at least not a bad one. But something gone wrong about it. Some sequences are pretty well made while another ones are near to feet a low budgeted direct to video. That's quite strange actually. The two differentIt's a correct western, at least not a bad one. But something gone wrong about it. Some sequences are pretty well made while another ones are near to feet a low budgeted direct to video. That's quite strange actually. The two different stories in the film does not feet correctly together, at a point one is near to be usuless. The acting isn't amazing at all, the score is inefficient, the photography is not well made and the overall experience lacks of a real interest. We are at thousands miles away from a 3:10 to Yuma. I suspect that Vincent D'Onofrio is a better actor than director.… Expand
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