There's something irresistible about it, something very like the lucky stardust with which Evans' life, even the bumps, has been paved.
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08/16/02
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
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Reviews Counted:106
Fresh:97
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: Though not objective by any means, The Kid Stays in the Picture is irresistibly entertaining.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
US Box Office: $1,332,561
Synopsis: The Kid Stays in the Picture traces the meteoric rise, fall, and rise again of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans. Adapted from Mr. Evans's tell-all autobiography, the movie takes the... [More]
Starring: Robert Evans, Dustin Hoffman, Phyllis George, Ali MacGraw
Director: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Reviews for The Kid Stays in the Picture
It's Hollywood navel-gazing at its best.
08/16/02
For movie lovers, it's like an aging Lancelot reminiscing about Camelot.
08/16/02
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08/16/02
Top CriticShould delight anyone who ever wondered how Tinseltown really works.
08/16/02
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08/16/02
The thing about guys like Evans is this: You're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins. But as you watch the movie, you're too interested to care.
08/16/02
I was pleasantly surprised by how fascinating this documentary is.
08/16/02
Even if you don't emerge from the film ready to worship at his Beverly Hills altar, you wind up liking the guy.
08/15/02
Gossip-magazine -level material but still this a compelling biographical documentary.
08/15/02
Evans is shameless, but his self-deprecating humor takes the sting out of his 'truth.'
08/15/02
This uniquely fascinating and robustly entertaining documentary is a raffish, rollicking masterpiece of first-person myth-making.
08/14/02
This documentary is a dazzling, remarkably unpretentious reminder of what [Evans] had, lost, and got back.
08/14/02
An entertaining, slickly produced, and eminently satisfying biopic of movie mogul Robert Evans.
08/13/02
In the book-on-tape market, the film of “The Kid Stays in the Picture” would be an abridged edition
08/12/02
"The Kid Stays in the Picture" is a great story, terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat.
08/11/02
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08/10/02
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08/10/02
A terrific insider look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown.
08/09/02
A wildly entertaining scan of Evans' career.
08/09/02
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