Excellent but underrated film

Don't listen to the negative reviews

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

As with every other Chaplin film, this has good story telling, a good start to it, great pacing, hilarious footage and above all, a great contagious ability to communicate emotion and sensitivity with a positive moral.Philosophically one of the best elements of such Chaplins is how he'll downplay what is usually considered pitiful or dramatic; he'll make any desolate condition into something very ordinary and really not so bad while attracting the attention on more important and essential things in life, love being at center and the common denominator of those things. He'll make material decrepitude and a very low social status look funny and a simple fact of daily existence, while developing a strong sentimental bond in the plot between himself and one of the other characters: basically you can be a bum, wear one shoe, and eat dirt all day while living in a can, but that takes nothing away from the subtle humanity you'll always carry with you anywhere or your full, profound ability to love. And wrap this up with hilarious content from start to finish, and you've got a unique winning formula.

"The Kid" (1921) is an innovative classic. The film is about a tramp, played by Charlie Chaplin, who takes in a child, played by Jackie Coogan, abandoned by his mother, played by Edna Purviance, as they scheme and plot to survive the slums. This movie is Charlie Chaplin's first feature length film and it does not disappoint.Charlie Chaplin, well known for his slap stick comedies, stayed true to form while adding emotional drama and a hint of comedic subtlety. His shot sequencing and cuts are purposeful and direct. Unlike, some films of the same era, the mind is constantly engaged. The wonder of what is going to happen next is timely fulfilled with well-timed transitions.This movie was a very well put together piece with a strong, captivating story. I have never been a huge fan of silent films, but this film changed my opinion and can do the same for any audience.

Taking care of an abandoned baby changes the life of a tramp in this iconic silent comedy. The film has a place in cinema history as Charles Chaplin's first feature length film, but it is even more noteworthy as a rare comedy in which Chaplin does not dominate every scene with Jackie Coogan turning in a fine performance as the boy at age five. In addition to having great chemistry with Chaplin, Coogan has several authentic emotional moments that ring true as he cries and wails when well-meaning authorities try to separate him from his adoptive father. The film has quite a solid dramatic backbone too with Chaplin's tramp gradually coming to truly love the baby who he initially tried to pass on to someone else. That said, 'The Kid' is also an inventive and funny film with some great routines in which the two protagonists scurry about and confuse those chasing after them. In fact, were it not for a rushed, unrealistic ending and an overlong, out-of-place dream sequence, a good case could be made for this being Chaplin's finest film. Flawed as it may be though, it is easy to see why the film has won the hearts of many over the years and has become a sentimental favourite for lots of viewers.

The Kid is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written by, produced by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, and features Jackie Coogan[5] as his adopted son and sidekick. This was Chaplin's first full- length film as a director (he had been a co-star in 1914's Tillie's Punctured Romance). It was a huge success, and was the second-highest grossing film in 1921, behind The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In 2011, The Kid was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Innovative in its combination of comedic and dramatic elements,[6] The Kid is widely considered one of the greatest films of the silent era.