Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly – with no life and no dog. With Rusty's help, Russ is able to reconcile the person he used to dream of being with the man he's actually become.
The Kid is a warm-hearted but formulaic Disney fantasy that leans heavily on familiar midlife-crisis redemption tropes. Bruce Willis and Spencer Breslin have decent chemistry, though neither performance stretches beyond what the script demands. The cinematography is competent but unremarkable network-TV-level work with no distinctive visual style. The concept of meeting your childhood self has been explored in various forms before, and this iteration adds little new to the premise. The ending delivers the expected heartwarming resolution without much surprise, though it provides satisfying closure to the emotional arc set up early on.