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The Kid

1921

Charles Chaplin

Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance, Carl Miller ...

8.4

33,640

Comedy. Drama 'The Kid' is the story of a child abandoned in a limousine by his unwed mother (Edna Purviance). When The Little Tramp finds him, he tries unsuccessfully to find a home for the boy. Obliged to keep him, The Little Tramp teaches the youngster about life on the streets and just as they have bonded and become a family, everything gets complicated.

	Media	Author	Review
		Variety	"It will move people to uproarious laughter and keep them in a state of uneasing delight, it also will touch their hearts and win sympathy"
		Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"In its greatest moments, 'The Kid' is a genuinely moving work by an artist in transition, still searching for his sweet spot between comedy and drama"
		J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"Its mixture of surefire gags and raw emotion was unlike anything moviegoers had ever seen"
		The New York Times	"Charlie Chaplin is himself again—at his best, in some ways better than his previous best, and also, it is to be regretted, at his worst"
		Geoff Brown Time Out	"Chaplin's opulent Victorian sentimentality is made palatable both by the amazing grace of his pantomimic skills and the balancing presence of harsh reality"
		Nick Dawson Empire	"It's Coogan's cherubic charm that makes this so special (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"I have never known a silent film to speak quite so clearly as in Chaplin's mimed call of 'Kid! Kid!'"
		Almar Haflidason BBC	"Funny and warm in equal measure (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Clayton Dillard Slant	"Chaplin's persistent interest in the juxtaposition of technology and tradition deepens the quality of the film's convictions by complicating a conventional, melodramatic template (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

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