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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA candy store for film buffs.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottOne of the funniest, and most telling, films of the year. The filmmakers call "Kid" a documentary, but the movie is one of the unusual kind that is firmly lodged inside the subject's perspective.
- 80SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekIs legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans feeding us a load of crap in this documentary? When it's this much fun, who really cares?
- 75Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyRobert Evans has been variously described as the Hugh Hefner of Hollywood, a Tinseltown Gatsby, the Lancelot of the backlot.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumIf you ever suspected that assholes are running the world, this documentary adapting producer and former actor Robert Evans's autobiography, narrated with relish by Evans himself--the cinematic equivalent of a Vanity Fair article, complete with tuxes and swimming pools--offers all the confirmation you'll ever need.
- 70New Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskyNew Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskyIt's either the world's greatest infomercial for fame (and its omnipresent companion, notoriety) or the saddest eulogy of all.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThis is classic Hollywood, at its best and worst, sticky rich and scabrous. It may not be the truth, per se, but it sure sounds good.
- 63New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardThe best part is during the closing credits. Dustin Hoffman does a brilliant, dead-on impression of Evans that captures the essence of the man more than all the self-serving grandiosity that preceded it.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIf Hollywood is really a dream factory, then it's the movie moguls and movie stars who live that dream to the hilt. In the late 1970s few lived quite as large as Robert Evans.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe overall effect is too self-worshipping to be of lasting interest. The guy sure isn't shy!