The Kid

192168 minutesPassed

3.9

Arcplot Score

📝 Unconventional

Unverified

⭐ 8.2IMDb

🍅 100%Rotten Tomatoes

🎬 8.1TMDb

📊 4.4Popularity

🏆2 wins total

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family

Directed by: Charlie Chaplin

The opening title reads: "A comedy with a smile--and perhaps a tear". As she leaves the charity hospital and passes a church wedding, Edna deposits her new baby with a pleading note in a limousine and goes off to commit suicide. The limo is stolen by thieves who dump the baby by a garbage can. Charlie the Tramp finds the baby and makes a home for him. Five years later Edna has become an opera star but does charity work for slum youngsters in hope of finding her boy. A doctor called by Edna discovers the note with the truth about the Kid and reports it to the authorities who come to take him away from Charlie. Before he arrives at the Orphan Asylum Charlie steals him back and takes him to a flophouse. The proprietor reads of a reward for the Kid and takes him to Edna. Charlie is later awakened by a kind policeman who reunites him with the Kid at Edna's mansion.

Box Office

Budget:$0.3M

Revenue:$5.5M

Profit:$5.2M

Arcplot Score Breakdown

Beat Timing Precision1.1/10

Emotional Arc Impact5.5/10

Thematic Consistency5/10

Overall Score3.9/10

Beat Sheet

15 plot points

Opening Image

1 min

Theme Stated

5 min

Set-Up

10 min

Catalyst

20 min

Debate

30 min

Break Into Two

40 min

B Story

45 min

Fun and Games

50 min

Midpoint

55 min

Bad Guys Close In

60 min

All Is Lost

63 min

Dark Night of the Soul

64 min

Break Into Three

65 min

Finale

70 min

Final Image

75 min

Emotional Arc

+100-10

Plot Points

Opening Image

1 min

Tramp discovers abandoned baby. Streets of 1920s city. Poverty, kindness, and struggle immediately established.

Theme Stated

5 min

Tramp decides to care for child. Theme: compassion and humanity even in harsh world.

Set-Up

10 min

Tramp raising Kid. Day-to-day life. Struggles, humor, and affection. Community reactions.

Catalyst

20 min

Kid falls ill. Tramp must take urgent action to save him. Stakes of survival raised.

Debate

30 min

Tramp wonders if he can truly protect and provide for Kid. Danger of authorities and poverty looming.

Break Into Two

40 min

Tramp fights to keep Kid safe. Life outside comfort zone. Action and tension increase.

B Story

45 min

Developing relationship between Tramp and Kid. Emotional bond deepens. Comedy mixed with tenderness.

Fun and Games

50 min

Tramp and Kid survive small adventures. Community and humor moments. Bond strengthening.

Midpoint

55 min

Kid kidnapped by authorities or antagonistic figure. False defeat: Tramp must act decisively.

#10

Bad Guys Close In

60 min

Tramp searches frantically. Threats multiply. Emotional stakes high. Kid’s safety uncertain.

#11

All Is Lost

63 min

Tramp momentarily fails. Separation from Kid. Worst-case scenario realized.

#12

Dark Night of the Soul

64 min

Tramp reflects on loss and helplessness. Despair and regret. Emotional low point.

#13

Break Into Three

65 min

Tramp devises plan to reclaim Kid. Resourcefulness and determination drive action.

#14

Finale

70 min

Tramp confronts antagonists. Rescues Kid. Action and resolution.

#15

Final Image

75 min

Tramp and Kid reunited. Hope and humanity triumph. Happiness and bond cemented.