The Kid

The critical consensus

British miserabilism

(*) (*) (*) Christopher Tookey, Daily Mail, 17/09/2010

Reasonably compelling in a car crash sort of way

Paul Greenwood, Evening Times, 16/09/2010

If you have tears, prepare to shed them for some other tale of woe.

(*) (*) (*) (*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 16/09/2010

A case where less would have meant infinitely more.

(*) (*) (*) Alison Rowat, The Herald, 16/09/2010

While this tale of survival is astonishing, its telling needs more light and shade.

(*) (*) (*) Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 17/09/2010

You may admire what Lewis has achieved in his life but The Kid doesn’t do him justice.

(*) (*) (*) Allan Hunter, The List, 07/09/2010

Nick Moran's treatment of already harrowing material (adapted from Kevin Lewis's memoir) goes wildly over the top.

(*) (*) (*) Siobhan Synnot, Scotland on Sunday, 14/09/2010

Undoubtedly the most memorable performance comes from Natascha McElhone. Normally so elegantly, effortlessly graceful, here she is almost unrecognisable as Kevin’s monstrous mother.

(*) (*) Marc Lee, The Telegraph, 16/09/2010

Strong performances by Rupert Friend and Augustus Prew as the grown-up and teenage Kevin give Moran's rite-of-passage tale genuine emotional ballast. A worthy follow-up to Telstar.

(*) (*) Philip Wilding, Empire Online