The Kid - Image is everything

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Movie
German title The Kid - Image is everything
Original title The kid
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK o. A.
Rod
Director Jon Turteltaub
script Audrey Wells
production Hunt Lowry
Christina Steinberg
Jon Turteltaub
music Marc Shaiman
Jason White
camera Peter Menzies Jr.
cut Peter Honess
David Rennie
occupation

The Kid - Image is everything ( The Kid ) is an American comedy film of Jon Turteltaub , who in 2000 was produced. Bruce Willis can be seen in the main role .

action

Russell Morgan Duritz lives in Los Angeles and is an image consultant. He is extremely successful in his job, but has no good relationship with his father Sam, his younger sister Janet or their children. In fact, he feels compassion for the elderly as a mortal sin. His only girlfriend who hasn't given up on him yet is his younger work colleague Amy, who is practically the opposite of him.

Shortly before his 40th birthday, Rusty, Russell's eight-year-old alter ego , appears. Little Rusty can't believe what will become of him one day: an unmarried, lonely yuppie - no pilot and without a dog named Chester! The dismissive Russell initially believes that he is suffering from hallucinations. He is then reminded of his difficult childhood, which he had tried to suppress all his life. He and Rusty are now trying to change something in his life.

A look back at the past reveals the tragedy in Russell's life: his mother with heart disease will soon die. The father tries in his fear not to upset her, to let Rusty grow up faster. This explains Russell's later twitching eyes and his distance to his father and the rest of his family, but also his reluctance to contact.

Russell and Rusty then see the future of 2030, when 70-year-old Russell will be happily married, have four children and have a dog named Chester. Rusty disappears. Russell reveals his love to his colleague Amy.

Reviews

  • Thomas Schlömer wrote on www.filmspiegel.de that the film was "sentimental".
  • Lou Lumenick praised Bruce Willis in the New York Post and criticized the script.
  • Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that the film was "warm-hearted". He praised the portrayal of Bruce Willis as "nice".
  • The lexicon of international films says: “The story based on Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol develops [...] little interest in the moralizing plot, but primarily serves as a projection surface for Bruce Willis, who once again leaves his image as an action hero behind want."

Awards

Spencer Breslin won the Young Artist Award in 2001 and was nominated for the Saturn Award . The film received a nomination for the Young Artist Award for best comedy.

background

The film was shot in Los Angeles and Santa Monica . Its production amounted to an estimated 65 million US dollars . The grossing results in the US theaters were 69.7 million US dollars. Almost a million pounds sterling was grossed in British cinemas .

The actor Matthew Perry has a cameo as a hairy computer. He and Bruce Willis starred in No Halves that same year .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Film review on filmspiegel.de
  2. ^ Film review in the Chicago Sun-Times
  3. ↑ The Kid - Image is everything. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ Filming locations for The Kid
  5. ^ Business Data for The Kid