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Kid, The (1921) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Kid, The (1921) a score of 3.2367 out of 4

based on (9) reviews

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Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)

Upon its release The Kid was a box office smash and more than 80 years later it remains a completely satisfying movie right up to the happy ending. ...read the complete Kid movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)

ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)

Note: Warner Brothers has released a definitive DVD for The Kid that includes a wealth of archive material, including the once difficult to find Coogan shorts, �My Boy� and �Nice and ...read the complete Kid movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Very precious Chaplin film -- the first he directed, produced, wrote, and starred in. The story's simple: The tramp adopts an orphaned baby; at first he learns parenting the trial-by-fire way. Years later he's schooling the kid in the finer points of ...read the complete Kid movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)

Projects such emotional veracity while getting such constant giggles that if there ever was a legitimate use of the cliché "you'll laugh, you'll cry," this is it. ...read the complete Kid movie review at SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)

DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)

It's hard not to like The Kid , with its old-fashioned yet endearing combination of pathos and humor. ...read the complete Kid movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)

BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)

Funny and warm in equal measure, "The Kid" was born out of personal tragedy for Chaplin, as you'll find out on this handsomely produced two-disc DVD release. ...read the complete Kid movie review at BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)

digitallyOBSESSED.com (David Krauss)

The Kid may not be Charlie Chaplin's best known film, but many critics cite it as his most affecting and meticulously produced work. ...read the complete Kid movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (David Krauss)

DVD Town (John J. Puccio)

"The Kid," produced in 1921, was Charles Chaplin's first feature-length motion picture. ...read the complete Kid movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)

DVD MovieGuide

In 1921's The Kid, Charlie Chaplin presents a simple tale of found love. At the start of the film, a Woman (Edna Purviance) has a baby out of wedlock, and she abandons the child (Baby Hathaway) in the car owned by a rich family. ...read the complete Kid movie review at DVD MovieGuide

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