The Next Karate Kid is harmless as children's entertainment, but for 104 very long minutes, there isn't a recognizable human being in sight.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 14, 2013

The overt message of any Karate Kid movie: Don't fight unless you absolutely have to. The implicit message: You'll always have to. Let the smitings begin!

| May 22, 2013

While the message that a girl can defend herself against the boys threatening her is a good one, it's lost in a movie where the bullies look like Mussolini's bodyguards and where Julie waits for her boyfriend and Miyagi to come to her defense.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 22, 2013

Only the reasonably-appealing performances of Morita and newcomer Swank keep it all from becoming even more of a loser.

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 22, 2013

Not that girls will go see this or boys will care.

| Original Score: C- | Sep 7, 2011

The franchise is still kicking -- but not very high.

| Mar 26, 2009

Almost a guilty pleasure. But not quite.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 12, 2008

[It] may be the silliest episode yet in the popular Karate Kid series.

| Aug 30, 2004

What is the sound of one hand clapping? The audience giving it up for The Next Karate Kid.

| Jan 1, 2000

It's a decent enough entry into the Karate Kid series, if you don't mind having seen it all done before, and better.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2000