Brendon Jones
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Usamah Harvey
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Rexanne
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Carlos André
Well, this is the third Chaplin movie that I've seen, and man, the guy was really a genius. The Kid's history is beautiful and touching, alongside that classic Chaplin humor. But, I have to say, that this movie doesn't hold on that much as others, for example Shoulder Arms, that is in fact 3/4 years older than The Kid, but in my opinion is more entertaining than the former. But please, don't get me wrong, we are talking about an almost 100 years-old-movie that is still able to touch people's fellings, and this is HUGE. I love the movie, its importance, and the way it influenced cinema moving foward. The fact that isn't better than others Chaplin movies is not a demerit by any means.One thing I start to realize is that Chaplin was not only a comedy genius, but also a storyteller genius, he always try to pass some message within his movies. Talking about the ones I've seen, Shoulder Arms approaches the war, Modern Times the new "tecnologic era" (always with a society approach), and The Kid it's no different, it talks about family and love, but in a deep way. It's almost like what Pixar does nowadays, some can go see their movies and just have fun without think that much about it, but, others can pay more attention to the details and look deeptly at it.To wrap up, The Kid is a cute and beautiful movie, and even though isn't Chaplin greatest work, it's way above 99,9% of the movies that were release in the same time period. Obs: I can't help talking about the "dream" sequence. I really think that it took me out of the movie for some seconds, and, man, the ones who know Chaplin's story know that the girl he kisses ended up being his second wife, but, man... it's weird to see a 30 years something dude kissing a 12 years-old girl, even in 1921. I don't know, it's just weird.
leplatypus
Honestly, i can't stand Chaplin: i don't like his comedy with very strong effects, his endless pursuits and loud morals... In a way, he doesn't give a choice to his audience: they must laugh, they must cry... I prefer to have my freedom to make an opinion: in the same genre, Mr Bean is really funny and the episode when he receives a baby is more enjoyable than this long one...
Here the only things that i found good: mother and son acting, and the depiction of American slums and nobodies. There is a certain compassion that i can't deny, especially today when slums and nobodies have totally disappeared in American cinema while they have never been so much in the real life. So maybe we need another Charlot today...
Anonymous002
Charlie Chalin movies were praised by the critics of that time because a very few movies were made that time and/so their knowledge about cinema was limited . But in this era , all of his films looks bad . This film is old is no excuse. To make the quality of films better , someone in every era has brought some new techniques and innovations. But Chaplin never came out of soulless comedy genre. It is about father-son relationship but not much about that is shown . We just see a father cooks for his son , he saves him when he got involved in a street fight and his son helps him in making money. That's all about their relationship . Chaplin think these are the only things that represent their love for each other . And coming to comedy , it was not funny at all. Just nothing funny. A powerful muscleman tries to puch the tramp but he somehow escapes every time . He hits the wall and it breaks , he hit the pole and it breaks . And the worst part is the dream sequence which doesn't support the storyline but distracts us from it .In a nutshell -Another bad Charlie Chaplin film.
John Brooks
As with every other Chaplin film, this has good story telling, a good start to it, great pacing, hilarious footage and above all, a great contagious ability to communicate emotion and sensitivity with a positive moral.Philosophically one of the best elements of such Chaplins is how he'll downplay what is usually considered pitiful or dramatic; he'll make any desolate condition into something very ordinary and really not so bad while attracting the attention on more important and essential things in life, love being at center and the common denominator of those things. He'll make material decrepitude and a very low social status look funny and a simple fact of daily existence, while developing a strong sentimental bond in the plot between himself and one of the other characters: basically you can be a bum, wear one shoe, and eat dirt all day while living in a can, but that takes nothing away from the subtle humanity you'll always carry with you anywhere or your full, profound ability to love. And wrap this up with hilarious content from start to finish, and you've got a unique winning formula.
