Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Jun 15, 2009 D

Tom Arnold wrote and stars in this heart-on-sleeve "comedy" that will go down in cinema history as one of the most awkward additions ever made to the genre.

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Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International Mar 1, 2007

Works most poignantly as a testament to a father's love and an unapologetic celebration of Hollywood's m.o.

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Matt Pais Metromix.com May 4, 2006 1/4

Has straight-to-DVD written all over it.

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Luke Y. Thompson New Times Dec 15, 2005

Imagine if Tom Arnold had written "Adaptation." No, really.

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Linda Cook Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) Dec 9, 2005 3/4

With the exception of some weird-on-purpose flicks such as those by Jim Jarmusch and David Lynch, "The Kid & I" is arguably the weirdest movie I've seen since 1987.

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Peter Sobczynski eFilmCritic.com Dec 6, 2005 4/5

It isn't perfect but it is so oddly sincere that I found myself growing a sort of affection for it even as all common sense was telling me to think otherwise.

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Lou Lumenick New York Post Dec 6, 2005 1/4

The mesmerizingly awful The Kid & I is a historic first: a comedy about the making of a vanity production that is itself a vanity production.

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Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper Dec 5, 2005

It's terribly uneven, it's far too corny and it's really not all that great, but it's so strange and so compelling that you have to see it.

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Maitland McDonagh TV Guide Dec 2, 2005 1/4

Either the most inept vanity production ever made or the most deadpan satirical prank ever pulled.

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Timothy Knight Reel.com Dec 2, 2005 0.5/4

Manages to be cloying, insulting, and self-serving in equally dire measure.

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Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News Dec 2, 2005 1.5/4

Tom Arnold does have talent, but some self-defeating streak keeps him from using it.

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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Dec 2, 2005 4/5

What sets The Kid & I apart from most Hollywood comedies is its restraint, on the part of Arnold, both as writer and actor, as well as Spheeris. Comedy actually grows out of character and situation.

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Robert Denerstein Denver Rocky Mountain News Dec 2, 2005 C-

This wan attempt at inspirational comedy doesn't bother to look closely at anything.

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Daniel Fienberg Zap2it.com Dec 2, 2005 1.5/4

Despite a sentimental streak a mile wide and a truly worthy theme, Penelope Spheeris' The Kid & I is a truly bad film, an awkward and cringe-worthy effort.

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Dave White Movies.com Dec 2, 2005 F

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Fred Topel About.com Dec 1, 2005

The greatest mitzvah ever produced by Hollywood... I don't care what's wrong with this thing, you couldn't pay me to badmouth it.

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Stephen Holden New York Times Dec 1, 2005 2/5

A chore to watch, The Kid and I is self-congratulatory, excruciatingly sentimental and sloppily written and directed.

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John Anderson Variety Dec 1, 2005

A top-shelf director, well-known cast and an upbeat storyline should combine to give the The Kid and I a feel-good ride at the B.O.

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Robert K. Elder Chicago Tribune Dec 1, 2005 1.5/4

Though The Kid & I falters as both a comedy and an After School Special, it works as a rather touching episode of This is Your Life, with a parade of cameos from Arnold's career that'll coax a sniffle or two from his family.

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