The Kid & I (2005)

Regisseur:

Penelope Spheeris

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Tom Arnold (written by)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

Get a little action.

Plot:

Aaron Roman (Gores) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father (Mantegna) grants Aaron his wish for his 18th birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.

Plot Keywords:

Film Making | Satire | Father Son Relationship | Hollywood | Semi Autobiographical

Nutzerkommentare:

Funny, heartfelt, appropriate family movie.

Besetzung

Tom Arnold	...	Bill Williams
Eric Gores	...	Aaron Roman
Linda Hamilton	...	Susan Mandeville
Joe Mantegna	...	Davis Roman
Henry Winkler	...	Johnny Bernstein
Richard Edson	...	Guy Prince
Shannon Elizabeth	...	Shelby Roman
Brenda Strong	...	Bonnie Roman
Arielle Kebbel	...	Arielle
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	Bunny
Gabrielle Sanalitro	...	Val
Laura Michel Kahwaji	...	Laura
Shaquille O'Neal	...	Himself (as Shaq)
Bill Goldberg	...	Himself
Pat O'Brien	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language, crude humor and drug references.

Länge:

USA:93 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:M | USA:PG-13

Drehorte:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

The Kid & I Productions LLC

Dies und das:

Arnold Schwarzenegger's first movie since being elected governor of California.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Rain Man (1988)

Funny, heartfelt, appropriate family movie.

I saw 3 new movies this weekend (12/3/05), and of them all The Kid And I was the best. This one is from the heart, and the only recent movie you could say that about. It's based on the true experience of Tom Arnold (who appeared with Arnold Schwarzenneger and Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies) with a young neighbor, Eric Gores, who has cerebral palsy. In the fictionalized movie, Arnold plays out-of-work actor Bill Williams (who also appeared in True Lies), about to commit suicide when his agent (Henry Winkler) tells him millionaire Joe Montegna (Searching For Bobby Fisher) offered half a million dollars to make a movie co-starring his son (Gores), who, like the actor playing him, has cerebral palsy.

You could tell the film was made with a relatively low budget (occasionally imperfect lighting, for instance), and Arnold's script has a few corny clichés, but on the whole it's original, imaginative, somewhat poignant, and as funny as most comedies out this year. What's more, the film is both entertaining for adults and appropriate for the whole family, with a minimum of the crude humor that permeates most of the other funny movies I've seen this year.

As an added bonus there are a number of cameo appearances by big stars. If you liked Arnold in The Stupids, this one doesn't have quite as much silly humor, but on balance is just as good. Heartily recommended for the whole family.