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Kids | Year: 1995 Classification: Drama Directed: - Larry Clark Actors/Actresses: - Chloe Sevigny - Leo Fitzpatrick - Rosario Dawson - Justin Pierce - Chloë Sevigny Shock? Everyone is saying what a shock this movie is. The sex, alcohol, and marijuana use are unrealistic. This is the lifestyle of an urban/suburban teenager these days. I wasn't shocked at all when I saw this movie. Almost every event is what happens in daily life. The kids are walking the streets looking for something to do. Their goal in life is to get through each day. The film is perfectly accurate to today's urban kids. Whoever says that it is inaccurate and knows nobody that does these things, must be sheltered and that is why this move is a so-called wake up call. Kids like that I don't consider wiggers. Telly had a New York accent and the people who he talks with use the same dialogue. He is in that crowd, he isn't trying to be black. This shouldn't be viewed as a movie but as a historical document, as fact. Oooh it doesn't have proper character development, or the plot is unfulfilled, or whatever, this movie shouldn't be criticized on the mechanics, but the importance. Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs up because they understand that it is meant to be seen as a wake up call of real events, not a Hollywood fabricated film using the same formula as every other movie uses. This is definitely a movie on my top ten list. This moving is as disturbing as it is poignent It's hard to review something that really gives you a gut feeling of disgust and anger. But then again, the REASONS for that disgust or anger is because the movie is believable. It's a kind of rough film, edited in a way that it seems kind of gritty, with home video feel to it. The story is of the idle time of kids essentially on the streets in New York and is also kind of a "coming of age" film, with a HUGE twist. It also is a movie to show the dangers of sex, drugs and alcohol, and it does so through the tales of numerous kids in the story, most notebly Telly (played by Leo Fitzpatrick), his friend Casper, and also characters played by Rosario Dawson and Chloe Sevegny. It's hauntingly believable and the "surprise ending" is both disgusting and kind of fitting. I'd recommend this movie to anyone, but I don't think I could OWN it. It's kind of one of those things you're happy you've seen, but also glad you don't HAVE to see it again. Powerful and painful in one blow, this is a completely unforgettable movie. It's just too bad that sometimes you don't forget things because they leave haunting images of reality in your mind. Uncompromising First off, "Kids" is a phenomenal movie in absolutely every respect. Harmony Korine's script is amazing (I can already tell I am going to run out of superlatives.) It blows me away that someone so young could write something so self-assured, so masterful. The performances are impossibly real. Add to this Clark's voyeuristic, documentary style and the result is some of the most uncompromising naturalism in cinematic history. Kids is the kind of movie that makes mainstream filmmakers blanch. It is also the kind of movie that makes mainstream film goers confused and angry. Naturalism has never been a particularly popular style of theatre. If a viewer doesn't have an appreciation for the style, he/she may think the film lacking. Naturalism depicts life objectively, imposing no value judgements. The question of value is left up to the observer, the viewer. It does not shy away from ugliness or uncomfortable situations. Naturalism is often seen as nihilistic, but that is the challenge that is presents. Being truer to life than other dramatic forms, it's meaning is more obscured. Many have interpreted "Kids" to be a "wake up call" concerning the growing menace AIDS poses to young people (I think it was even printed on the box cover.) That is one interpretation. I see a much more sinister theme at the heart of "Kids." For me, AIDS just served as a metaphor for a diseased culture. These kids are sick mentally and emotionally. To me, these hopeless characters represent an entire generation of lost youth. Their general apathy and animalistic hedonism is a perfectly understandable response to the empty, violent, plastic, consumer/commercial culture that raised them. Yes, they are contracting AIDS; but what about those that escape it? What are they going to do with their lives? Of course, this is just my interpretation. The film itself remains objective and impartial. In fact, I think Korine would disagree with me and that is why I love this movie so much. Watch this if you like powerful, unflinching films that challenge assumptions and make lasting impressions. Buy Kids at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Kids Search with the Priority Search Engine on Kids This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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