Ripshin This bomb looks like it was filmed in 1987, not 1997. It combines clichés from every 80s teen, sci-fi flick you can remember, and regurgitates them in the most annoying manner possible.What a step down for the kid actor from "Jurassic Park" - this really is absolute junk. I'm not surprised the director is responsible for producing "Enterprise" (worst of the "Trek" series), and season six of "24" - by far its weakest.To make matters worse, the script at one point actually has the main "characters" listening to scenes from "Lost in Space" - the wonderfully hokey TV series that looks like Shakespeare, compared to "Star Kid." Children deserve better than this. Yeah, they'll watch anything - so it's up to you parents to provide a little discretion. Rent "Flight of the Navigator," instead - a GOOD 80s kid's sci-fi movie.

mifunesamurai Following along the same lines of NEVER ENDING STORY where boy gets bullied at school, has a dysfunctional family and finds the meaning of his existence through some kind of adventure. This time through an Alien robot that happens to land on Earth. Our boy enters the Robot and takes control as they create chaos and save the world from doomsday.

soda_pop41 I watched this with my younger brother and he loved it.We-ll, I've seen these kind of movies since 7, and I know everything what goes on family movies. Let's see, there's a kid(sort of a nerd type) who is bullied by a *bad* kid, and he meets a new friend(eg.E.T or alien). They go round'n'round the journey and at the ending, the new friend has to go home. So, the kid cries, says goodbye, hugs the friend...I've seen this kind of movies SO many times. "Star Kid" is no exception, but the computer graphics and the special effects were great. I give this movie: 6 out of 10.

Peter T. Movie Even though half the movie was spent looking up Joseph Mazzello's nose (or his face) I still had a little bit of fun. The story wasn't really anything you haven't seen before, its kind of like a low bugget, low scale version of Independence Day, Mac and Me, and E.T put together. See it if you want, but don't expected much, unless you are around 6 to 13.My rating: 7