First Kid

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I was 10 years old when this came out and loved it. Sinbad is a crack up and it's a fun, comfortable movie to watch on "family night" for those of you with kiddos. I have a hunch the negative reviews are from past millenials that think Amy Schumer is funny. Watch it for yourself to for your own opinion.

My expectations for 'First Kid' were very low, in that regard it's actually marginally better than I thought it would be. Still, it's a film I most certainly wouldn't recommend. Sinbad gives the most noteworthy performance of the cast, in his role as Simms. Even so, it isn't anything great or memorable from him. All of the others aren't worth mentioning, though it is cool to see Rafiki himself, Robert Guillaume, make an appearance - I didn't actually know what he looked like before watching, but in one of his early scenes he laughs and I knew instantly it was that man. The plot is what lets this down. Just a quick glance at the cover gives off negative vibes, while the opening few scenes don't give you any more confidence either. It's extremely predictable, as well as being rather messy - you don't see the villain until the final 20-25 minutes, so are waiting for around 70mins for the obvious to come to fruition. I've seen worse from live-action Disney, but it's still a poor attempt from the studio.

Comedian Sinbad plays a Secret Service agent that is assigned to protect and entertain the President's obnoxious, pain-in-the-butt 13-year-old son(Brock Pierce). Breaking rules and having fun seems to be priority with the affable agent and his charge. Timothy Busfield actually does the best acting in his small, but pivotal role. Also in the cast are: Robert Guillaume, Lisa Eichhorn and Blake Boyd. It was not my choice or intention to watch; but found it humorous, childish and an escape. It helps to be a Sinbad fan to get maximum enjoyment.

Okay, okay. The movie doesn't aim at high quality. It's not meant to be. It is meant to be funny and entertaining. It is shallow and sometimes oversubscribed. However, I thought that a) Brock Pierce did a wonderful job, b) I could deduce some messages of life, c) the plot was nice and d) the interaction between Sinbad and Brock was rather substantial and well staged. Brock Pierce showed how lonesome and frustrating the life as the "First Kid" can be, how isolated he is and how much he suffers from this isolation. Sinbad - I mean, he is a clumsy guy, but he did fine in here. I never thought that he was constrained or fake. The movie as a whole lacks a realistic storyline, but that didn't matter to me. I was rather attracted by the scene in which Brock told him amid tears how outcast he felt, and I thought it was witty how Sinbad showed him what to do about it. Definitely not a masterpiece but surely above the average.

I am not a big fan of Sinbad's movies, but he made me laugh more than once in this movie. I recommend it to people of all ages! The other actors are OK, but it has a good plot and strong ending. Don't let the Disney fool you. I think that this is one of the best childrens movies I have seen lately.

I'm very surprised I didn't see this movie around the time when it came out. I was always a fan of Sinbad's work. He will go down as the funniest clean comedian imo. Definitely an entertaining watch between Simms and the president's son. Being able to see how they couldn't stand each other at first and then see a friendship blossom. I'll def watch it again soon.

Too cliché, for normal times, traditional rich white family, misunderstood spoiled son and a roguish black coast guard who becomes an angel in the life of the playboy, cuddly, cute, however cliché... Always cute movies about friendship relationships and standard affection needy and unwise employee, despite necessarily sounding fake, cute...

They couldn't have been more predictable if they issued every viewer the script. "First Kid" was a by-the-numbers movie without the least bit of imagination Luke Davenport (Brock Pierce) was the First Kid aka the POTUS's child. He was everything you wouldn't want in a president's kid: spoiled, petulant, and an embarrassment. In one scene he moons the press and all the onlookers. No, that's not an impeachable offense, but can you say "one term president." That's embarrassing for any parent regardless of his occupation, but infinitely so for the POTUS. If Luke hadn't caused enough shame, he let his pet snake loose in a big party. But we were supposed to feel sorry for poor Luke because he couldn't be a normal kid. Sam Simms (Sinbad) was the secret service agent assigned to Luke and he was the heel. Think Richard Pryor in the movie "The Toy." It's a common role that spells, "I need a job." Furthermore, it wasn't a good use of Sinbad's talents. This movie was after his heyday, but Sinbad was a funny guy. This movie was a complete disservice to him. So, what did we expect from the movie? Kid would mistreat his new agent, agent would befriend kid, agent would lose his job, agent would sacrifice himself for kid, agent would get his job back. Every last detail was foreshadowed. In fact, in one scene they told us the climax. Early in the movie Simms was asking Agent Wilkes (Robert Guillaume) about his sacrifice for the president. Wikes said that he didn't think he just acted, but nothing to worry about because no one is going to want to shoot this kid. So obviously, there would come a point in which Simms would have to just act and take a bullet for the First Kid. There were other foreshadowed parts which were exasperating to watch: Simms giving Luke a tracker so he could track him at a critical time. Simms teaching Luke to box so that Luke can fight his bully. Simms warning Luke about chat rooms which meant that Luke was chatting with someone who wanted to harm him. Simms wanting very badly to protect the president, which meant he'd be offered the job but turn it down because of his affinity for the First Kid. The first agent losing his job for manhandling Luke, which meant that he'd be the one to try to shoot Luke for Simms to then sacrifice himself.