Film · Columbia · 1984
Pass it on
The Karate Kid
76Worth an evening.
Trust the chores. The crane kick is only what the poster kept.
The review
Wax, sand, paint. A boy new to California is being beaten by a dojo that teaches winning, and a maintenance man will not start him on a kick. He starts him on chores. The boy cannot see the lesson while he is tired. The tournament only checks whether the work got into his hands.
Kids will want the crane kick because it is the poster. It is the least of what is true here. If a child you love is getting pushed around, I would leave this on. Afterward, talk about a teacher who refuses to train cruelty just because another school does. The trophy can wait.
Journal
Keep The Karate Kid in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 76. Yours can differ.
The glance
Republic is the thin one.
Does anyone owe a neighbor, a law, or a town — or is every person out for themselves?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
A Man for All Seasons
89 instead of 76
A Man for All Seasons is still a drama film, and it scores 89 instead of 76. What you gain is courage: The refusal.
The eight
- 9Industry
Wax, sand, and paint are the lessons. The maintenance man's job is the school.
- 7Household
A boy new in town gets an adult who fathers him through work, not a speech.
- 8Piety
The other dojo teaches winning. His teacher teaches a way that can stop the hand.
- 7Courage
He enters a tournament against the boys who already beat him outside it.
- 6Republic
One dojo has been teaching cruelty. One man offers the boy a different duty.
- 8Temperance
The chores put showing off down. The crane kick is the poster, not the point.
- 8Truth
The chores look like busywork. They are a promise the tournament makes him keep.
- 8Stewardship
A boy is left who knows the work, not only the kick a poster remembered.
Where to watch
Finding the page.
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