Maybe I missed the part in the movie where they explained where the kid's parents were and why he was able to do whatever he wanted.
shareHe had rich parents who thought giving him loads of money was all they had to do to care for him. That is why he was always alone, that is why he liked Bill as if he was his father.
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Haha,I wondered the same thing myself. At some point, I asked the person I was watching it with if the kid was homeless or something.
shareI figured he was a child of divorce who was being shipped between parents and needed someone more in place, thus Bill comes along and takes the fathership role for him. He mostlikely got the cash from his parents trying to keep him happy.
shareThe kid's parents are never mentioned in the film. But he does tell Lucy that he gets an allowance.
share"The Kid" was Bill. That's why he wasn't named. His appearance in the movie represented Bill's efforts to connect with a part of himself that had long been lost.
His remark about his "allowance" was his way of jokingly referring to the pay he received from his father-in-law's bank.
Wow, now I have to watch it again. I didn't realize that!
shareI know this is an old post, but that makes no sense whatsoever. Everyone knew he was in that mentoring program and there are just way too many scenes you can't explain if he is just a figment of his imagination.
sharenot a figment of his imagination, but a metaphor.
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The Kid was a real person who interacted with people other than Bill...as another poster mentioned. IMO, the kid represented the youth and happiness Bill gradually rediscovered within himself. How about that metaphor?
Some things you just can't ride around...
I'm hoping ericdough doesn't mean the Kid is literally Bill, because I really like that analysis. The character can still represent all of those things and still physically exist. So sure the Kid's life outside the main story is a mystery, but it doesn't particularly matter considering he's only there to further/emphasize the progression of Bill's character development.
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