The Kid & I
Slowhand Cinema Releasing | Release Date: December 2, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
6

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Though The Kid & I falters as both a comedy and an After School Special, it works as a rather touching episode of "This is Your Life," with a parade of cameos from Arnold's career that'll coax a sniffle or two from his family. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Arnold's heart is in the right place, but somebody needs to save him from himself - and soon. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Good intentions do not guarantee good movies, or even watchable ones. A sad case in point is The Kid and I. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis must have a soft spot for the disabled kids of billionaires, because both have cameos near the end of this vulgar and dreadfully dopey enterprise; more impressively savvy is director Penelope Spheeris, who plays herself directing the movie-within-a-movie and manages to seem superfluous in both roles. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
No matter how you parse it, the film is a bizarre muddle. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
THE mesmerizingly awful The Kid & I is a historic first: a comedy about the making of a vanity production that is ITSELF a vanity production. Read full review
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