There was a lot of hype coming behind the superhero movie Kick-Ass, about a young kid who decides he wants to be a real-life superhero. This concerned me that maybe the hype might be overdone, but I can honestly say that the movie was well worth the viewing.
Unlike a lot of other superhero movies that generally don’t take themselves too seriously, this movie actually takes itself quite seriously. Its main character is a kid in high school who doesn’t look like he can hold his own with pretty much anyone, and in the beginning, he really can’t. But the thing that makes him unique is that he is extremely adaptable, and he realizes what he has to do in order to hold his own, even as he realizes that he is way over his head.
But as most reviews have pointed out already, the movie is completely stolen by a pint-sized actress of 11 years of age, played by Chloe Moretz. Most of the attention paid on her has been the fact that this is probably the most foul-mouthed delivery of dialogue by a little tot in history, but almost every time she does it, it just seems so natural and as it should be. Her father is played by Nicholas Cage, who delivers some of the greatest Adam West-like dialogue whenever he is in character as Big Daddy. There was one scene where I was just busting up because his delivery was so 1960s Batman, but it just seemed to work. But back to little Chloe, not only does she handle the action and dialogue like a seasoned actress, there are some really intense emotional scenes that this little girl carries out better than most Hollywood actresses could ever hope to do. You almost forget that this is an 11 year old girl delivering this performance because she does it so well. If ever there was an Academy Award performance by a toddler, this was it, but because it’s a humorous superhero film, it won’t even get a moment of attention from the film Academy. Pretty sad, if you think about it.
I haven’t gone to see many movies in the last few years, mainly because Hollywood has been making some crappy movies, so this was a rare moment for me. But something told me I had to see this movie because I couldn’t believe that hype about this girl’s performance could be true, but I was wrong. She carries it off quite well.
I definitely recommend this movie.
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