The Kid

Det är en komedi men den är fylld av sårbarhet och tragedi, ödets ironi.

Chaplin spelar givetvis sin roll som ”the tramp” väl, men den som imponerar mest är nog ändå den unge Jackie Coogan.

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.

Nick Moran... marshals his relentlessly grim material unflinchingly, and Rupert Friend, as the adult Kevin, is engaging and convincing in a complex role.

...this rough, sturdy Western is unflinchingly brutal. But it also offers thoughtful ruminations on the nature of violence and its repercussions.