Synopsis
As a teenager in the '90s, Soleil Moon Frye carried a video camera everywhere she went. She documented hundreds of hours of footage and then locked it away for over 20 years.
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Cast
- Soleil Moon FryeSelf
- David ArquetteSelf
- Stephen DorffSelf
- Balthazar GettySelf
- Mark-Paul GosselaarSelf
- Brian Austin GreenSelf
- Tori LeonardSelf
- Heather McCombSelf
- Buzz AldrinSelf (archive footage)
- Dana AshbrookSelf (archive footage)
Recommendations
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Consequence
Though clumsily paced and in need of a little more structure, Soleil Moon Frye’s Kid 90 is an achingly personal insight into what it means to truly understand and connect with your past, disguised as a documentary about the perils and pitfalls of childhood stardom in the blossoming age of technology. - 80
CNN
The destination, frankly, is probably less compelling than the journey. But Frye's wide web of contacts offers a compelling window into not only her past, but the very specific cultural moment when it all unfolded. - 75
The Film Stage
It’s almost as if Frye’s childhood was stolen to some extent by this whirlwind of sensory experiences, rebellion, and dual lives she’s only now able to unpack, interpret, and acknowledge with fresh eyes recontextualizing memory through truth. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Other documentaries have made this point in grander, more artistic ways, but there is value in seeing this raw footage that accompanies an adolescence spent in front of the camera. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
A valuable and unique rewind glimpse of what it was like to be a teenage celebrity in the pre-Instagram era. - 71
Paste Magazine
A worthwhile effort that’s premise and delivery demonstrate the difficulty of bridging the gap between spectator and celebrity. - 70
Time
It’s not as self-absorbed as you might expect. It’s more about the nature of memory itself, the kind of movie Chris Marker might have made if, instead of an experimental filmmaker and mixed-media artist, he’d been a former Hollywood child star. - 50
The New York Times
If the unremarkableness of the moments captured in Moon Frye’s footage is refreshing, it also makes for a somewhat insipid film.
