First Kid

First Kid (1996)

  • 23% of critics liked it
    (13 reviews)

  • 37% of users liked it
    (35,201 ratings)

Some say that to be the leader of a country is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. But being the child of a world leader can be doubly so. Constantly surrounded by security officers, restricted in movements and having almost every waking moment carefully monitored makes normalcy an… More

PG, 1 hr. 41 min.
Directed By
David M. Evans
Genres
Comedy, Kids & Family
In Theaters
Aug 30, 1996 Wide
On DVD
Mar 4, 2003

Critic Reviews

  • Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today

    Utterly conventional.

  • Brian Costello, Common Sense Media

    Goofy '90s comedy with pratfalls and some gunplay.

  • Fred Topel, About.com

    Unfunny Disney comedy. Sinbad needs a better vehicle.

  • Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

    The film sags around mid-point and never completely recovers.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lenny M


    Sinbad's movie career was hot for about a year with this, Houseguest, and Jingle All The Way. Pretty much the only good scene is where Sinbad fires a ridiculously sized spitball at Tim Allen's oldest son from Home Improvement.

  • KJ P


    The movie itself was pretty entertaining, and it would get tiring after a while, but sinbad just being in anything makes it so much better!

  • Drew S


    I totally remember the scene where the feeble white kid slaps a bully. Then, Sinbad teaches him to be manly because knowing how to work a punching bag will solve all of your problems in life.

  • Yinalí R


    I liked it.

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