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The Karate Kid – Jaden Smith – Interview
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd9GgSyURC0[/youtube] Smith’s performance is the worst of the bunch. The joke about this Karate Kid when it was in early preproduction was that it was one of the most extravagant gifts producer/actor Will Smith could give his son. Now that the film is a reality, that joke is not nearly as funny as it used to be. Jaden can’t help the fact that Dre whines his way through most of his scenes anymore than he can help being a lifeless and mostly unremarkable performer. This is especially apparent in scenes like the one where he first plants one on Meiying. The scene itself is canned as all get out, but that artifice is even more obvious because of the way that Smith tries and fails to look convincing as a flustered tyke in heat. It might be his age or it might just be the fact that he got a part because his daddy’s a mega-star celebrity. Either way, the kid just doesn’t have it…read more [Slant Magazine]


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