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Kids

Kids (1995)

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Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 53
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 27

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50

Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 4

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Average Rating: 3.5/5
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Kids offers a bleak, unblinking view of a group of vacuous, thoughtless New York City teens in their ceaseless quest for sex, drugs, and trouble. The film primarily follows Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), who, having just realized the conquest of his latest virgin, brags that by day's end he will claim one more. While he and his friends brag to each other about their sexual exploits, Jenny (Chloë Sevigny) describes her own less-than-romantic encounter with Telly. Soon after the conversation, she learns

NC-17, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama

Harmony Korine

Jun 11, 1997

Shining Excalibur Pictures

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Critic Reviews for Kids

All Critics (59) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (27) | Rotten (27) | DVD (6)

Frightening, frank and serious, a wake-up call to the world.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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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.

June 18, 2002 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Kids is the kind of movie that needs to be talked about afterward.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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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.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Kids, a disturbingly voyeuristic look at adolescent promiscuity, is virtually child pornography disguised as a cautionary documentary.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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There really are some kids who think like this, and these are the kids who should see this film

May 12, 2011 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | Comment
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews Source: Old School Reviews

Pedophilia, pedophilia, pedophilia.

October 13, 2007 Comments (6)
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

The first-time director, Larry Clark, is rather like his protagonist: He comes on to you, has his rough way with you, and leaves you feeling empty and violated.

August 4, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comments (2)
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

One of Larry Clark's infamous "Kids are Evil Monsters" movies, Clark tells very little, and shows too much with an art illusion.

July 16, 2007 Comment
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Film Threat

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.

December 19, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment (1)
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Could easily pass for a kiddie porn film.

December 17, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comments (3)
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Overrated reality slop.

September 2, 2005 Comment (1)
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

The film isn't all that entertaining, but it does provide a sort of creepy, voyeuristic nostalgia

June 10, 2005 Comment
Douglas Pratt
DVDLaser Source: DVDLaser

insightful but indulgent

April 5, 2005 Comment
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Appalling, immoral rubbish palmed off as art.

January 26, 2005 Comments (5)
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

There's an unsettling subtext here; despite the presence of a broad (not to mention tired, simplistic, and overworked) "message," it feels like exploitation.

June 20, 2004 Comment
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS) Source: F5 (Wichita, KS)
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Heavy and shocking, Kids is a portrait of the mentality, and social behavior from New York City teenagers in the beginning of the 90's. With a bold screenplay by Korine, just like the Clark's direction, this film presents a strong subject, that it's to be reflected and discussed by all society. The unknown actors and

November 11, 2011
Lucas Martins
Lucas Martins

Super Reviewer

While I understand why this movie was made and what it was trying to put across, I felt that it missed a couple of notes and in actual fact painted the lives of the teenagers a lot lighter than they should have been. However, it may have lacked sufficient depth for the core components of the story, but still I think

August 29, 2011
theunknownhobo
Unknown Hobo

Super Reviewer

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