2000 · fantasy · comedy · family
The Kid
Directed by Jon Turteltaub1h 44m2000
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly – with no life and no dog. With Rusty's help, Russ is able to reconcile the person he used to dream of being with the man he's actually become.
Our read: The Kid (2000) reads as a cosy, kinetic, surreal fantasy · comedy · family entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle fantasy / comedy, surreal in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- surreal
- redemptive
- tender
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