Kid 90 shows the extent to which being subject to this strange life can also lead to the creation of powerful and lasting bonds with those experiencing it alongside you.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 5, 2021

Breezy on the surface, brutal underneath.

| Mar 26, 2021

It feels very small and kind of a vanity project.

| Mar 22, 2021

It seems a little too polished and polite despite the fun of seeing these totally off-the-cuff home video footage of all these other actors.

| Mar 22, 2021

Frye's desire to learn what she can from her unusual childhood in the spotlight is unquestionably sincere, but the recollections and reflections she's willing to impart perhaps belong more in a diary than a documentary.

| Mar 15, 2021

Even if Frye covers some painful territory, there's something joyous about Kid 90.

| Mar 13, 2021

It would have been nice if the 72-minute film had expanded to fill in that gap, but Kid 90 is still a valuable and unique rewind glimpse of what it was like to be a teenage celebrity in the pre-Instagram era.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 13, 2021

It's the Goodfellas of child-star sagas, about growing up in a dirty business you can never escape. The best-case scenario is you get to live the rest of your life as a schnook.

| Mar 12, 2021

The destination, frankly, is probably less compelling than the journey. But Frye's wide web of contacts offers a compelling window into not only her past, but the very specific cultural moment when it all unfolded.

| Mar 12, 2021

An act of memory excavation and exposure.

| Mar 12, 2021

This is Frye's third feature, following indie "Wild Horses" and father-daughter doc "Sonny Boy," and while filming has plainly been a lifelong obsession, filmmaking does not seem to be her calling.

| Mar 12, 2021

If the unremarkableness of the moments captured in Moon Frye's footage is refreshing, it also makes for a somewhat insipid film.

| Mar 11, 2021

Frye presents her film in part as a way of testing of her recollections against the raw footage of the actual moments. And make no mistake, this footage is often raw.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 10, 2021