Star Kid . Tucson Weekly . 01-26-98

Star Kid

DIRECTED BY: Manny Coto

REVIEWED: 01-26-98

Hey, it's E.T. meets Robocop! As combinations between Steven Spielberg and Paul Verhoeven films go, we could do a lot worse ("Hey, it's Schindler's List meets Showgirls!") than this pleasantly executed--if completely unoriginal--boys' movie. Joseph Mazzello, best remembered as the little scrub who got zapped off the electric fence in Jurassic Park, plays a frustrated lad whose workaholic, widower father hasn't the time to help poor Mazzello overcome his persistent bully problem and his catatonic shyness around the cute girl at school. What better solution than the alien-assisted omnipotence of an extraterrestrial cybersuit? If the film's revenge and love fantasies aren't enough, Mazzello must also fight an intergalactic war--complete with a scary, slobbering morphing monster. Totally awesome! Star Kid too often resorts to gratuitous destruction and bodily functions scenes, and will never be mistaken for a children's classic. But it's cute, and displays enough overall restraint to keep parents (and reviewers) from going bonkers.

--Woodruff

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