pathos." As of January 2021, The Kid has earned a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 50 reviews, with a weighted average of 8.6/10. The website’s critical consensus says: “Charles Chaplin' irascible Tramp is given able support from Jackie Coogan as The Kid in this slapstick masterpiece, balancing the guffaws with moments of disarming poignancy”. See also List of United States comedy films List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a film review aggregator website References External links The Kid essay on the National Film Registry website The AFI Catalog of Feature Films : The Kid Scenes of The Kid The Kid: The Grail of Laughter and the Fallen Angel an essay by Tom Gunning at the Criterion Collection 1921 films 1921 comedy-drama films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Films about adoption Films about children Films directed by Charlie Chaplin Films shot in California Films shot in Los Angeles Melodrama films United States National Film Registry films Articles containing video clips First National Pictures films Surviving American silent films 1920s American films Silent American comedy-drama films