The Kid

The Kid is a 2010 British biographical drama film directed by Nick Moran and co-written by Moran and Kevin Lewis. The film, based on Kevin Lewis' autobiography of the same name, details Lewis' adolescent and young adult life, having been raised in a violent, abusive family on a small council estate called New Addington in the 1980s. Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall wrote the song 'Boy' for the movie Plot Based on the real-life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and how he put his life together again afterwards. The screenplay was written by Mark Thomas and Kevin Lewis with additional writing by the film's director Nick Moran. Cast Rupert Friend as Kevin Lewis Augustus Prew as teenage Kevin Lewis Ioan Gruffudd as Colin Smith Natascha McElhone as Gloria Con O'Neill as Dennis Bernard Hill as Uncle David Jodie Whittaker as Jackie David O'Hara as Terry James Fox as Alan Kate Ashfield as Madeline Ralph Brown as Gordon Peters Denise Gough as Patsy