While the teenager is the film's focus, an assortment of personalities enters the picture in an atypical way.

| Mar 5, 2021

If you think your adolescence was painful, you may feel better about it after watching this sympathetic but supremely squirm-inducing portrait.

| Oct 10, 2020

The first 15 minutes of the film are exemplary. An interesting subject - Billy. ... But despite this effort by Jennifer Venditti, BILLY THE KID falls a bit short.

| Nov 6, 2019

Billy the Kid lets you see the character first and his autism second. It's a terrific documentary.

| Aug 22, 2017

Billy the Kid refreshingly reminds us what a big, fat lie most depictions of teenagers are in American movies and 온라인카지노추천.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 24, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 16, 2011

Billy, who suffers from Aspergers Syndrome, is sympathetic, but you can easily understand why he's a social outcast. This is a film about Billy, not about his condition.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 9, 2009

The rough and ready filmmaking technique makes it challenging for the viewer at times, and perhaps a stricter editing discipline could have tightened the film

| Oct 18, 2008

Billy the Kid never realizes its potential because Venditti is unable to let viewers discover her subject anonymously - the way the best documentaries do.

| Original Score: C | Oct 18, 2008

The best documentaries take you places you don't normally have access to.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 29, 2008

Opens as a study on a teen with some social/behavioral issues. The film makes sure never to label, then gently tangents from the study into a sweet spontaneous love story.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 25, 2008

Watching Billy the Kid duplicates -- as much as any movie probably can -- the fascinating process of trying to figure out someone you've just met.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 8, 2008

Billy's resilience, though, is nothing short of amazing. Not to mention part of growing up.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 8, 2008

What you ultimately take from the film is the awareness that this smart, self-aware, uncensored kid has been playing to a camera in his own head since well before Venditti came along.

Full Review | Feb 7, 2008

Billy the Kid is an unforgettable, distressing, riveting snapshot of a boy and his world; a high-speed descent into pure impulse that should not be missed.

| Original Score: A | Feb 1, 2008

Without a hint of irony, he spouts off, I hope the next film I'm in is action. So do I.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 24, 2008

What makes Billy the Kid extraordinary is not that it grants seeming access to private moments, but that it makes clear as well the inherently public nature of the filmmaking process.

Full Review | Jan 17, 2008

Billy may come off as an odd duck, but he's not mean or too peculiar. Actually, he's pretty likable, which is why you'll probably find yourself rooting for him to get the girl and to be happy for a change.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 11, 2008

... a window into the world of adolescence, where everything is immediate and intense and important.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 10, 2008

Billy the Kid, a movie that's as interesting as it is dewy-eyed, may be the rare snapshot of an adolescent 'outcast' who is really the guy made for fame, with a built-in radar for how to present himself in front of the camera.

| Original Score: B | Jan 9, 2008