The Kid - The Criterion Collection Blu-ray (2023) Charlie Chaplin cert PG

Title: The Kid - The Criterion Collection Leading Actor: Charlie Chaplin Region: Region B Duration: 53 mins Format: Blu-ray / Restored Type: Blu-ray No. of Discs: 1 disc(s) Studio / Publisher: Spirit Entertainment UK Release Date: 26 Jun 2023 Edition: Restored

Charlie Chaplin was already an international star when he decided to break out of the short-film format and make his first full-length feature. The Kid doesn't merely show Chaplin at a turning point, when he proved that he was a serious film director - it remains an expressive masterwork of silent cinema. In it, he stars as his lovable Tramp character, this time raising an orphan (a remarkable young Jackie Coogan) he has rescued from the
streets. Chaplin and Coogan make a miraculous pair in this nimble marriage of sentiment and slapstick, a film that is, as its opening title card states, "a picture with a smile - and perhaps, a tear."