By rights The Kid should be dreadful. Surprisingly enough, it often soars to heights of not bad. A.O. Scott,New York Times
So eager to please it ends up falling all over itself, The Kid could have used the more evenhanded touch Wells displayed in directing Guinevere. Kenneth Turan,Los Angeles Times
Insufferably cloying and sickly sweet for anyone with the least intolerance to 'find the inner child' saccharinity. Todd McCarthy,Variety
For all its obviously commercial push, this is a movie of intermittent pleasant surprises. Susan Stark,Detroit News
Overall, Turtletaub keeps a delicate balance between fantasy, wonder, action, romance and character. Louis B. Parks,Houston Chronicle
