I caught “Disney’s The Kid” last night. Its a good movie. If you can get past the usual Disney sappiness. The general premise of the movie is Russ, a 40 year old high powered consultant meets his 8 year old self. It’s got that Wonder Years/Freaky Friday-esque type of feeling for it.
The 8 year old Rusty is played by Spencer Breslin who is sure to win any cute kid award they give out. Spencer does a really good job in this movie making it fun and watchable. Reminds me of Chunk in The Goonies.
One of the better part of the movie is when both the old and young Russ’s go back to 1968 to change history. In a Back to the Future type style scene, the young Rusty beats up his bully nemesis. Makes you wonder. If we could go back in time to our childhoods and watch ourselves from a distance, would we have a different impression of our childhood? Probably.
During much of the movie, the older Russ dislikes how the younger Rusty looks and acts. “Too fat” or “talks like he has marbles in his mouth.” I’d probably hate my younger self too. When we are young our inferiorities tend to be magnified, at least in our own minds….even though realistically it may not be the case.