A shocking, raw landmark from a talented, if sometimes misguided director.
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06/10/03
Kids (1995)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:26
Rotten:25
Average Rating:5/10
Synopsis: A bleak and uncompromising look at the dangerous world of New York street kids. The film focuses on the sexual experiences of Telly, a teen-aged seducer who desires only virgins. When Jennie --... [More]
Starring: Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny, Rosario Dawson
Director: Larry Clark
Reviews for Kids
Deeply shocking and disturbing, this film's hype exists for a reason.
01/01/00
Kids doesn't let itself or us off the hook; we're all responsible for what we see. And what we won't see.
01/01/00
No review available.
08/07/04
Could easily pass for a kiddie porn film.
12/17/05
None of the advance hype on Kids can prepare you for the raw, stripped-down reality that Larry Clark captures in his astonishing first film.
06/18/02
No matter the interpretation, the film’s sensationalism is eerily frank no matter if it’s presented in good taste or not.
01/01/00
In its candid and bold approach, Larry Clarke's controversial film dwarfs all of Hollywood's youth movies, crossing new boundaries in its portrayal of sex and drugs; for a change, real teenagers, not actors in their 20s, play the roles.
12/19/06
Convincingly raw and probing in its distinctive passion
05/27/03
Kids shows what transpires when children are set adrift in a heartless world, and warns us what happens -- and is already happening -- in the absence of love and guidance.
01/01/00
Clark's direction -- luminous, real, charged, hallucinatory -- is excellent, but Korine's script is so busy being amused by it's own excesses that it doesn't really tell us anything about the characters involved.
11/07/02
Frightening, frank and serious, a wake-up call to the world.
05/20/03
Top CriticThere really are some kids who think like this, and these are the kids who should see this film.
01/27/02
No review available.
11/12/04
Elocuente señal de alarma de lo que tenemos que brindarles a las nuevas generaciones: dirección, educación sexual y motivación
01/01/00
Kids is especially chilling because it seems uncannily authentic.
06/05/02
No review available.
07/25/04
Kids is an emotional sucker punch, a raw, dirty, disturbing piece of cinéma vérité filmmaking that simultaneously hooks and repulses you from its opening scenes.
01/01/00
A powerful piece of work, one not easily forgotten.
01/13/04
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