The Kid Stays in the Picture Critic Reviews

Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses, and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all.Read the full review

This stuff is golden. Directors Brett Morgan and Nanette Burstein make sure the movie goes down like potato chips. It's great fun and compulsively watchable. And don't leave before Dustin Hoffman makes a hilarious appearance as the credits roll.Read the full review

Has to be one of the must-see films for any student of Hollywood fame and infamy.Read the full review

A candy store for film buffs.Read the full review

One 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.Read the full review

A breezy hoot, and it's gorgeous to look at.Read the full review

A smart, funny and strangely touching film.Read the full review

A new documentary about the life of this producer who put together one of the most remarkable winning streaks in Hollywood history, and followed it with a losing streak that almost destroyed him. It's one of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood.Read the full review

Evans has as distinctive an American voice as Mark Twain or Vin Scully, and the directors wisely let him do the talking.Read the full review