Filmmaker Jennifer Venditti crafts a cinéma vérité-style coming-of-age story with this portrait of a small-town teen from Maine who struggles to embrace his outsider status while still being shaped by... read more 
DVD Release Date: October 28, 2008
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August 14, 2009Very sweet and endearing documentary with a great subject. I think anyone can relate with the awkwardness. My problem comes with how they dealt with one aspect of his life (his love for a girl) and we only gets bits and pieces of some really nice scenes. I think that to say this ... read more
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January 1, 2009Get ready to cringe uncomfortably as you get to experience those awful, awkward teen years all over again. God, 15 was a tough age.
Billy, the subject of this fantastic documentary, may be a tad strange and angst ridden (what teen isn't?) but all in all he's a sweet kid with a w... read more -
January 24, 2009An entirely compelling documentary of adolescence, with a perfectly honest main character. The film's best trait is that it captures authentic personal moments, both triumphant and depressing, without trying to explain them. The diner sequence in which Billy meets Heather's ste... read more
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January 18, 2009Billy is not a normal 15 year old. In fact, if he grew up with money and was able to get 'tested' he would probably be called 'autistic' or 'ADHD' but Billy, the son of a crack-head trucker who abandoned him and his mother at a young age, in a small town in Maine is just consider... read more
Critic Reviews
February 29, 2008
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
February 8, 2008
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
A raw, touching, unfiltered look at the teenage angst that Hollywood usually turns into brain-dead comedy. Full Review
February 8, 2008
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
Billy's resilience, though, is nothing short of amazing. Not to mention part of growing up. Full Review
January 9, 2008
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Billy the Kid, a movie that's as interesting as it is dewy-eyed, may be the rare snapshot of an adolescent 'outcast' who is really the guy made for fame, with a built-in radar for how to present himse... Full Review
December 7, 2007
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Nobody ever said growing up a small-town geek was easy. I know from personal experience, and so does Billy Price, the subject of director Jennifer Venditti's affecting documentary Billy the Kid. Full Review
December 6, 2007
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
I don't imagine any adult could watch Billy the Kid without sharp pangs of recognition; everyone who passes through the crucible of teenage-ness feels at least momentarily as awkward as Billy. Full Review
December 5, 2007
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
The documentary Billy the Kid presents the world according to a troubled teenager in Maine.
December 4, 2007
Julia Wallace, Village Voice
I have seen more than 25 documentaries this year, and after a while they all start to run together, both structurally and thematically. Billy the Kid is utterly original in both respects. Full Review
December 3, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Billy the Kid is a heartbreaking vérité documentary by Jennifer Venditti about a misfit Maine teenager -- a film that makes you think about (and question) what fitting in really entails. Full Review
June 9, 2009
Jennifer Merin, About.com
Billy, who suffers from Aspergers Syndrome, is sympathetic, but you can easily understand why he's a social outcast. This is a film about Billy, not about his condition. Full Review
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