A powerful piece of work, one not easily forgotten.
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01/13/04
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
No review available.
07/29/03
Trashy and exploitational. Clark comes off like a skuzzy pornographer taking advantage of his cast while using a faux vérité excuse as his accomplice.
07/11/03
A shocking, raw landmark from a talented, if sometimes misguided director.
06/10/03
Convincingly raw and probing in its distinctive passion
05/27/03
Frightening, frank and serious, a wake-up call to the world.
05/20/03
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05/20/03
No review available.
05/12/03
Powerful but exploitative raunch that preys on teens.
04/24/03
This is a very powerful film from an emotional standpoint.
03/27/03
No review available.
02/28/03
Utterly repugnant, child pornography masquerading as serious filmmaking.
01/14/03
No review available.
11/26/02
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
I hated watching the film. Hated it!
09/10/02
No review available.
07/27/02
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
Kids is especially chilling because it seems uncannily authentic.
06/05/02
There really are some kids who think like this, and these are the kids who should see this film.
01/27/02
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05/12/01
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