Just You and Me, Kid

Just You and Me, Kid

The story of two juvenile delinquents.

Directed by Leonard B. Stern

Produced by Columbia Pictures

197993 min5.5 / 10

A warm, playful buddy comedy about an elderly vaudevillian and a young runaway forming an unlikely intergenerational bond while evading danger.

George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway, played by 14-year old Brooke Shields, who is being chased by drug dealers.

Questions people ask

  • Is Just You and Me, Kid easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Just You and Me, Kid end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Just You and Me, Kid sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

  • Is Just You and Me, Kid violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Just You and Me, Kid scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

17/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity49

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise7

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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