The Movie: Disney's The Kid is a sickeningly cute movie that surprised me with just how well it was able to draw me in to such a sickeningly cute movie. It's about a wealthy image consultant (played by Bruce Willis), who on the surface, may appear to have everything -- a successful career, a big house and cool cars -- is really just a total, self absorbed prick, and an all around loser, who of course, can find no fault in himself.

That is until one day, his 8-year old self magically appears, and gives his 40 year old self his brutal assessment -- he's 40 years old, he's not married, and he doesn't have a dog -- the kid grows up to be a loser! Through the course of the rest of the movie, Bruce Willis rediscovers the sort of love for life that only a child can really have, he changes his ways, and everyone lives happily ever after.

Sickeningly cute, eh? But The Kid is quite well done, and adds some new twists to that old "finding your inner child" formula. It was quite entertaining, and the performances by Bruce Willis and especially Spencer Breslin (the kid) were wonderful. It also doesn't help that the chick in this movie is a real cutie, especially for a 30 year old :). So yeah, if you're in the mood for a real feel-good kind of movie, Disney's The Kid will fit the bill perfectly.

The DVD: When you first pop this disc in, it starts you off with a bunch of previews for other Disney DVD's which (thankfully) you can skip. Is Disney the only company practicing this annoying behavior? Anyway, inside you'll find a very nice anamorphic widescreen transfer, that is nearly spotless, nearly grainless, and nearly without any compression artifacts, with wonderfully bold color, and perfect clarity without any artificial looking edge enhancement. Nearly perfect.

The audio, on the other hand, though thoroughly adequate, was nothing to get excited about. There are a number of special features here, including one behind the scenes featurette, one "conversation with" director Jon Turteltaub, a theatrical trailer for The Kid, a director's commentary audio track, and a number of trailers for other Disney DVD releases (the same ones they show you at the beginning).