Kids

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Kids spends 24 frenetic hours with a group of New York teenagers. Skateboarders Telly and Casper hang out, shoplift, do drugs and seduce girls. Jennie follows the pair across the city, desperate to confront them with a terrible truth.

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Review by Ronnie Colbert on 4th July 2000

This is one of my all-time favourite film. YOU MUST GO OUT AND RENT IS TODAY!!!

Review by Keenan Woods on 4th January 2000

Wow!,
I saw this film quite by surprise and had no idea of its content, storyline, etc. when I viewed it. Surprisingly I was locked into this one from the first moment. I was at least surprised if not shocked by the opening and had to see where this story was going.
"Kids" was such an in-depth look at much of today's urban youth and it told a far more honest story about kids than I ever would have imagined seeing on film. It almost felt as if I knew some of these characters. This certainly was not mainstream Hollywood...a film that wasn't afraid to tell the truth...thank goodness! A must-see.

Review by Rob (imback11905) on 23rd March 2005

KIDS is one of the most truthful, rigorous, and controversial movies of our time. I hear a lot of people say 'where are the parents, and what about this and they can't do that', but they fail to realize the world we, as teenagers are living in today and until they do I don't think anyone will understand us but ourselves. Everything in that movie I have witnessed and I'm ashamed to say committed some of the crimes they did. I could relate to it the whole way through. It was a christmas gift to me from my sister and that christmas morning my mom decided to watch it with me. That was a mistake. If you haven't seen it watch it alone or with your friends but this movie is not something you want to watch with your parents. I guess most of them despise and have a hard time dealing with the images of the movie because there stuck in the old days when it was safe to walk the streets but they have no idea of the obstacles we pass through everday on a normal basis that they never
had to go through because they aren't living as a teenager in today's society. Well the kids in this movie were and they portrayed all aspects of the movie as how it is in real life

Review by anonymous on 23rd February 2000

It has excellent cinematography and contains a brilliant script. The actors are all superb. This film is a must-see for anyone who is interested in inner-city life and real life for teens.

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Review by anonymous on 18th July 2000

I really wonder if this was a story worth telling. Kids; hanging out, stealing, fighting, partying and having sex. Pretty well made to the point where I felt I was exploiting these charachters by just watching the film. After a certain point it was really hard to tell if this was fictional or not. Which, I geuss, makes it a well made film and better than most teeny bopper movies out there. But I can't help feeling suspect about the directors true intentions. There is something truly creepy about him that reflects in his work.

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Review by Sean Hogan on 14th February 2000

Kids did shock me, for the fact it was so real. I knew what I was in store for so I made my mum go to town so I could watch it. I'm 16, and was impressed by the whole thing. I read a review by a lad of 17-18 years. He slagged it for lack of dialogue by Telly the main actor. But this kid must be middle class because my friends from my area also lack dialogue. I believe this is a must-see, as it gives you a slap in the face...

Review by Basil McCoon on 13th April 2000

Kids is an excellent film that explores the flip side of modern cultural normalities. Clark is able to capture the real life feel of the setting whilst portraying a story both simplistic and complex. The levels it works on are multi-dimensional, and far from the basic nature of other films of the same genre. I think Kids is worthy of the 5 star rating.

Review by Richard Armstrong on 12th March 2001

Arguably, teen movies revolve around pivotal summers in film after film from "American Graffiti" to "Now and Then." Indeed, the British Board of Film Classifications verdict on Kids could have been drafted in 1956 about "Baby Doll" Trading in jump cuts, muffled street patois, and the grainy look of much alternative filmmaking, this saga of teenage wildlife strives to bring immediacy to the swirl of postmodern life. But at the end of the day, isnt Kids just another slice of designer delinquency no 18-year-old should be without?

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Monday 9th May 2005

For a film with a schizophrenic as its central character and that contains death and an almost wholly dysfunctional family along the way, it is surprising how much it is inhabited by light and grace. Told baldly, the story would be a tragedy, a litany of misfortune t...  View article in full

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