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THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE
"Mr. Evans's story of sauntering into the right place at the right
time and still feeling underappreciated is the focus of this movie...his
husky-voiced murmur drunk with self-love and self-loathing has become
the basis of one of the funniest, and most telling, films of the
year...Touchingly, he is really devoted to the making of movies,
his saving grace, and, even more touchingly, he sacrificed himself
to his love - and his lifestyle." --
Elvis Mitchell,
The New York Times
"...brash and mesmerizing...the movie plants us right inside the thrilling,
frequently hilarious core of Evans' insecurity and ego...it's almost
tactile in its vibrant nostalgia. 'The Kid Stays in the Picture' is
a dazzling dream of a documentary." --Owen
Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"...it is absolutely nothing more than Evans reading his book aloud
as narration over digitized publicity shots, film clips, and roving-camera
tours of his house...Evans is no Hollywood villain, and yet this grating
showcase almost makes you wish he'd gone the way of Don Simpson. Instead,
he'll probably get an Irving Thalberg award." --Michael
Atkinson, The Village Voice
"Bob Evans is nothing if not a survivor--with his sense of humor intact--and
'The Kid Stays in the Picture' leaves us with the feeling that in
today's Hollywood it might well be impossible for a colorful, glamorous
gambler of such daring yet sure instincts to flourish so fully--and
that the movies are surely the worse for it." --Kevin
Thomas, The Los Angeles Times
"No one loves the Bob Evans story more than Evans himself, and he
narrates this unapologetically one-sided trip down memory lane in
his distinctive voice, which sounds Some people find that wildly amusing,
even endearing. Others may experience it as rug burn. A little Evans
can go a long, long way...The kid stayed in the picture, although
the picture wasn't too pretty." --Jami
Bernard, The New York Daily News
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