Product Details

• Actors: Joseph Mazzello, Richard Gilliland, Corinne Bohrer, Alex Daniels, Joey Simmrin
• Directors: Manny Coto
• Writers: Manny Coto
• Producers: Andrew Hersh, Cami Winikoff, Jennie Lew Tugend, Jonathon Komack Martin, Mark Amin
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: May 27, 1998
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1573623830
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #58,895 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Star Kid" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

A diminuitive, 12-year-old boy named Spencer (Joseph Mazzello of Jurassic Park and The River Wild) has been hit with every whammy possible: he's new in town, he's motherless, his preoccupied father and bored sister have no time for him, he's speechless each time he's near a girl he likes, and the school bully would like to dance on his head. Blessed are beleaguered boys in movies, however, for sometimes high adventure awaits. In Spencer's case, things get better when he finds a seven-foot-tall, alien robot suit that becomes one with whoever climbs inside it. Locked inside the metallic visitor, our little hero is capable of super feats and naturally goes after his tormentor. He also inadvertently leaves a lot of wreckage in his path from unfamiliarity with the suit's size and controls. This family film's message, of course, is that nothing can really make one stronger than learning to face problems within one's own skin. Then again, most people don't end up having to fend off hostile extraterrestrials who come to Earth to steal the suit for their own nefarious purposes. Written and directed by Manny Coto, this charming story relies a bit on some clever, well-executed special effects (the look of the robot's face as seen from inside itself is particularly ingenious), but it is largely driven by its actors' abilities. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

SPENCER GRIFFITH IS AN AWKWARD SEVENTH GRADER WHOSE LIFECOULDN'T GET MUCH WORSE. HE'S STILL SHAKEN BY HIS MOTHER'SRECENT DEATH. HE'S THE NEW KID IN SCHOOL AND A BULLY NAMED TURBOIS GUNNING TO MOP UP THE PLAYGROUND WITH HIM. HIS LOVING, JOB-OBSESSED DAD ROLAND SQUEEZES IN PARENTING.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars star kid is a star!, July 23, 2002

By	cousinpaco (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews

i like star kid. i want a star kid suit myself to play with. he can fight bullies and look scary but star kid is really just a boy. my best part of the show was star kids special effects. it looked much realer than power rangers. they are grown ups, and star kid is a kid. the suit makes him look bigger and feel happier. if i get lonesome i ask to watch star kid and i pretend to be star kid after the movie. i like star kid!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very funny and excellent movie, January 12, 2007

By	Alex Crunchmonster "book cruncher" (AZ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I enjoyed watching Star Kid. It is a very funny and excellent movie. it had me laughing the whole time.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Film..., April 8, 2005

By	MovieLover (California, USA) - See all my reviews

I am a big Joseph Mazzello fan and all his films I've seen have all gotten big 4 or 5's from me in the rating scale so I figured I'd give this one a shot. I was happy I did. The acting is avergley good except for Joseph who did a excellent job as always. The film is about a 12 year old kid Spencer Griffith(Joseph Mazzello) who is lonesome and just wants to be liked, one day when hes inside his room at night reading his comics ext. He catches a glimpse of a bright object falling from the sky and into a old junkyard not too far away. He investigates and ends up finding a cybor suit that he eventually gets inside of thus becoming the 'Star Kid'. He decides to do some payback to bullys and other people who have been mean to him but then a evil monster comes to the town bent on destroying earth and anything that gets in its way. Thats when the trouble begins.

The film is a nice and adventorous tale which i'm sad to say is impossible to find on DVD! I love this movie and is a great film to see if your ever depressed or just want to get 'out of this world'. I recommend it.