Star Kid (1997)

Star Kid: Directed by Manny Coto. With Joseph Mazzello, Joey Simmrin, Alex Daniels, Arthur Burghardt. Spencer Griffith’s life changes when a meteor falls into a local junkyard, and he finds a Cybersuit, an exoskeleton with AI from another galaxy. When Spencer puts on the Cybersuit he becomes a different kind of person.

“I remember seeing the preview to u0026quot;Star Kidu0026quot; when it came out in theaters and thinking, u0026quot;Man, does that look dumb.u0026quot; Last night it came on one of the movie channels–at 10pm, strangely–so I figured Iu0026#39;d let it play in the background while I did some work. I ended up watching the whole thing, and guess what–I really enjoyed it. Sure, there are some inevitably silly scenes, but then, at 37, Iu0026#39;m way out of the target demographic.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t want to find fault with the movie because u0026quot;it is what it is.u0026quot; The actors are all decent, the effects are better than I had expected, and best of all, it has heart. Iu0026#39;m building a library of movies for our kids (when we finally have some), and said movies will need to be wholesome family entertainment that I wonu0026#39;t mind watching, too. I will definitely include u0026quot;Star Kid.u0026quot;”