The Kid
Overview
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
Reviews (3)
Andres Gomez (Rated: 8)
Cute and funny. It is difficult to say anything new from this movie or Charles Chaplin. He just delivers a complete story with a lot of different elements. Remarkable is also the performance of Jackie Coogan.
barrymost (Rated: 6)
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Two Little Tramps
The most amazing thing about Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid is that it was released in January of 1921. That makes this film 100 years o...
CinemaSerf (Rated: 8)
An impoverished woman (Edna Purviance) feels compelled to abandon her child in the hope that he might find a better life - so she leaves him (with a short note) in the back of a car. The two men who find the little bundle don't want anything to do with him, so plonk him down behind some rubbish wher...
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