Jimmy the Kid (1982) User Reviews

This is for breesman45

[SlipperyWhennWet · 6/10 · 20 September 2018]

I watched this movie earlier today. It was fun, yet unspectacular. Gary Coleman, I thought, was great in his role as Jimmy. I don't have any negatives to say about it.

Prior to watching it, I watched The Hot Rock (1972) and Bank Shot (1974), both of which were far better in quality. That's to be expected tho, when you have Redford and Scott starring in the earlier films.

This was my first review. I'm doing so mainly in response to breesman, who was inquiring about a song in the movie. The version that I watched, DID show in the credits who sang it. So ..

I'm Havin' Fun was performed by Jackie English. Unfortunately, I couldn't find audio or video of the song, otherwise I would have shared that as well.

Ah, memories...

[csed · 29 March 2001]

When I was about 10 years old, Jimmy The Kid was on HBO just about every day. I must've watched this movie a good 30 times during the summer of 1984. It was pretty lame, but there was just something about it that kept drawing me in.

Silly fun

[BUSTERKOONS · 10/10 · 18 April 2016]

Let's be honest. This movie is ridiculous. Everything about it is preposterous. But nonetheless it's a lot of fun.

The plot is fairly simply. A group of bumbling petty thieves decide to try for a bigger score - kidnapping! So they scope out Jimmy Lovejoy, the overly-mature son of a father and wife singing duo. Did I mention that his parents sing country music? What??? In spite of being kidnapped Jimmy grows close to his kidnappers. And they like him too. He eventually ends up helping them, while at the same time trying to steer them down a different career path.

Throw in Pat Morita as the blind chauffeur, Avery Schreiber as a crazy psychiatrist and Ruth Gordon's line about "wet panties" and you have a fairly memorable forgotten film.

Silly as it may be, I found it much more entertaining than it probably should have been. We can chalk that up to a pretty stellar cast. Why none of Gary Coleman's movies are on DVD I'll never know. If this ever comes out, I'll line up to buy it. Until then, I'll stick with the DVD-r I copied from my old pre-recorded VHS tape.

Watch it! You won't be disappointed!

Cool ending music to Jimmy the Kid

[breesman45 · 9/10 · 2 September 2018]

I love this movie, but my not giving it perfect stars is that it doesn't show who sings "I'm Having Fun" in the ending credits. I have been trying to find this out for many years since I first saw the movie.

Don Adams in a dress...What more could you want?

[were-skwerl · 16 November 2011]

Like one of the above reviewers, I, too, watched this movie on HBO every chance I could, in my early teen years. Basically you have an all star cast: You have Gary Coleman, who I thought was always kind of annoying no matter what movie or program he was in. You have Pat Morita, who didn't have much to work with here, you had Cleavon Little, of "Blazing Saddles" fame, you had Dee Wallace, who took a break from doing horror movies to play a ditzy blond. You had Paul Le Mat, who would gain real attention with "The Burning Bed" You had Ruth Gordon, who seemed to play the same character as she did in "Every Which Way But Loose" You had Walter Olkewicz, who plays a dumb, but lovable petty thief, and last but certainly not least, we have Don Adams, who simply plays the same type character that made him famous in "Get Smart" In fact, this movie could have been written by the "Get Smart" writers. You'll probably disagree, but, in my opinion, Adams seemed to do 75% of the work in this movie. The movie seems almost quaint by today's standards, there are times when the actors have to rely on one-liners or sight gags to pass the time, but I still watch it (I have it in my collection) I don't think this movie was ever a commercial success, though. One sad note: A lot of the stars have passed away; Coleman, Little, Gordon, Adams, Morita and also Avery Schrieber, who played Coleman's shrink, They're all gone! This movie was shown maybe once on TV, and then it kind of disappeared into the vortex of forgotten movies. Aside from salty language, it's a family friendly movie that avoids raunch and bodily-function jokes, which modern comedies rely on, so heavily!

Gary Coleman in the "height" of his career

[ahertz-2 · 27 December 2000]

If you still flip channels searching for old re-runs of Different Strokes (I am pretty sure that Different was spelled different, like diff'nt or something catchy like that), then this is the movie for you. Gary Coleman was the only good thing about Different Strokes (sorry Adalaide and the Gooch)and he is the only good thing about this movie (sorry Pat Morita). Although this is a really bad movie, I have fond memories of it, just like Coleman's television show. I am sure this would still be enjoyable for a young crowd.