My friend the kidnapper

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Movie
German title My friend the kidnapper
Original title Me and the kid
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1993
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK without Al.
Rod
Director Dan Curtis
script Richard Tannenbaum
production Lynn Loring
music Bob Cobert
camera Dietrich Lohmann
cut Bill Blunden
occupation

My friend, the kidnapper (Original title: Me and the Kid ) is an American comedy film from 1993 . Directed by Dan Curtis and written by Richard Tannenbaum based on the novel Taking Gary Feldman of Stanley Cohen .

action

Harry and his accomplice Roy break into the mansion of entrepreneur Victor Feldman in suburban New York that they want to rob. They kidnap the entrepreneur's eight-year-old son, Gary, from which they promise a ransom. It turns out that Gary has been neglected by his parents and is receiving psychiatric treatment. Harry and Gary travel across the US together; they become friends. Gary's condition is improving.

Reviews

Emanuel Levy wrote in Variety magazine on October 21, 1993 that Danny Aiello's "considerable talent " was wasted in this "trivial comedy adventure" . The children could like the film, but their parents would reject the image of the mindless and insensitive adult world. Aiello brings his "usual charm and authority" into the role.

Film-Dienst called the film a "crime thriller adventure" . The magazine TV Spielfilm 4/2008 described it as "meaningless" .

backgrounds

The film opened on October 22, 1993 in select cinemas in the United States. There he made about 60,000 US dollars .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Film review by Emanuel Levy, accessed on February 15, 2008  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.variety.com  
  2. ^ My friend, the kidnapper in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed February 15, 2008
  3. TV Spielfilm 4/2008, page 40
  4. Me and the Kid premiere dates, accessed February 15, 2008
  5. ↑ Box office results for Me and the Kid, accessed February 15, 2008