Synopsis
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.
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Cast
- Robert EvansNarrator
- Norma ShearerSelf (archive footage)
- Ali MacGrawSelf (archive footage)
- Ernest HemingwaySelf (archive footage)
- Catherine DeneuveSelf (archive footage)
- Eddie AlbertSelf (archive footage)
- Ava GardnerSelf (archive footage)
- Errol FlynnSelf (archive footage)
- Tyrone PowerSelf (archive footage)
- Francis Ford CoppolaSelf (archive footage)
Recommendations
- 100
Entertainment Weekly
A candy store for film buffs. - 90
The New York Times
One of the funniest, and most telling, films of the year. The filmmakers call "Kid" a documentary, but the movie is one of the unusual kind that is firmly lodged inside the subject's perspective. - 80
Salon
Is legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans feeding us a load of crap in this documentary? When it's this much fun, who really cares? - 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Robert Evans has been variously described as the Hugh Hefner of Hollywood, a Tinseltown Gatsby, the Lancelot of the backlot. - 70
Chicago Reader
If you ever suspected that assholes are running the world, this documentary adapting producer and former actor Robert Evans's autobiography, narrated with relish by Evans himself--the cinematic equivalent of a Vanity Fair article, complete with tuxes and swimming pools--offers all the confirmation you'll ever need. - 70
New Times (L.A.)
It's either the world's greatest infomercial for fame (and its omnipresent companion, notoriety) or the saddest eulogy of all. - 67
Austin Chronicle
This is classic Hollywood, at its best and worst, sticky rich and scabrous. It may not be the truth, per se, but it sure sounds good. - 63
New York Daily News
The best part is during the closing credits. Dustin Hoffman does a brilliant, dead-on impression of Evans that captures the essence of the man more than all the self-serving grandiosity that preceded it.
