{"id":34764,"date":"2021-03-13T17:57:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T22:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=34764"},"modified":"2021-03-13T18:03:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T23:03:01","slug":"kid-90-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/13\/kid-90-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid 90 (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With the advent of technology and the destruction of the concept of celebrity, there are many movies like \u201cKid 90\u201d coming to theaters and VOD. It\u2019s an important trend of movies that discuss the pitfalls, perils, and hazards of being a child movie or TV star in any decade. Soleil Moon Frye allows a somewhat unfiltered look in to her not so happy childhood that involved a lot of pressure, a business that seemingly abandoned her, and being sexualized at the age of thirteen.<\/p>\n

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Soleil Moon Frye was one of the premiere television stars of the eighties who struggled to find a career that continued after \u201cPunky Brewster.\u201d While growing up, Frye chronicled every moment of her life through home video and what we\u2019re witness to is something less glamorous than what we would expect. \u201cKid 90\u201d has an important message to discuss with its audience about the horrors of being a child star in Hollywood. For a movie barely clocking in at eighty minutes, Frye has the opportunity to discuss how much Hollywood tends to abuse, use, and throw away actors.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something to be said about what effects that can have on individuals in film and television seeking stability. But often times the message in \u201cKid 90\u201d is muddled down by Frye\u2019s eagerness to deliver a documentary that\u2019s much more a saccharine autobiography in the end. While Frye does have a fascinating story to tell, she props \u201cKid 90\u201d up somewhat like an analysis of how fickle and demanding Hollywood can be for children. She even turns to former child stars and long time friends like Brian Austin Green and Stephen Dorff. They all of have some keen insight to offer about their lives as people and celebrities, and how they vastly differed. Frye even spotlights many of her former friends, all of whom sadly suffered from suicide such as Jonathan Brandis.<\/p>\n

But when she does focus on the varying friends, she discusses regret on how she wishes she\u2019d listened to them, rather than reflect on the why they tragically took their own lives. \u201cKid 90\u201d sadly dodges a lot of the discussion about Hollywood in the second half focusing more about how she re-invented herself and managed to garner stability. Once it stops focusing on the destructiveness that is Hollywood, \u201cKid 90\u201d becomes syrupy sweet, dull and exploitative in points. So none of the stars featured were livid about their inclusion? She cleared the footage with everyone featured in the film? Kudos to Frye for re-claiming her life, but the message and concept behind \u201cKid 90\u201d is ultimately confused, muddled and tedious. I wish Frye would have chosen a path and stuck with it, offering a more cohesive, coherent, less opportunistic movie.<\/p>\n

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