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Movie Reviews of Kids
Movie Review: "When your young, nothing matters. When you find something you care about, that's all you got."
Summary: 5 Stars
Kids is the story of unrestrained teenagers living in the grim atmosphere of poverty-stricken New York in the 90s and their empty, morally wayward lives. It's a controversial movie, featuring extremely graphic yet causal conversations about sex, ten-year olds taking drugs, brutal gang beats, and rape. Though there's naturally subplots, the movie can just as easily be taken as a whole, a film showing the character's typical routines and experiences.
At the center of the story is Telly, a pale, gangly boy with a "addiction" for virgins and who enjoys the act of deflowering them. His friend is the vulgar Casper who is as sexually deviant as he is, and the two regularly socialize with drug-dealers, gangster skateboarders, and all-around degenerate losers. One of Telly's previous girls, Jenny, discovers she has acquired AIDS through Telly, and urgently sets out to find him before he passes the disease to other girls whom he may coerce into intercourse with. Telly and his clique have their own criminal adventures, climaxing at a wild, drug-laced party while Jenny searches the city with increasing hopelessness.
This movie has some of the most realistic dialogue I've ever heard despite its explicitness, and nearly all the slang is up to date. The scenes of downtown New York, the interactions of the characters, and its sheer relentlessness create powerful, resonant feelings upon viewing. It's pessimistic, but you know that there really are unfortunate people like this, some made the way they are due to their terrible environments, others simply vile people whose situations augment their own corruption. It's just a great movie, and thankfully not so simply because it has a reputation.
Movie Review: almost too realistic
Summary: 5 Stars
there was alot of hype that this movie built up for itself before i finally came around and seen it. everyone was telling me that this was a really jacked up movie and they were right. they should show this movie in health classes in high school as a freakin wake up call.
the actors/actresses in this movie are relatively unknown to me. i have never seen them in any other movies that i can think of off the top of my head. that just added even more to the realism of the story. all the characters are like people other people really know. about half the people in the story i could see replacing with my friends because that is how they act. all the conversations they held were just like the conversations me and my friends had back in high school.
this movie is a little graphic, but that is how it is supposed to be. that is how it catches peoples attentions. if people say that this type of stuff doesn't really go on then they need to get their heads out of the closet for a second and look around.
overall, this is one of the best movies i have seen in a while. it is one of those eye openning movies that you really can't unsee, but you wouldn't want to. i don't recommend this movie to anyone that is easily offended to an extended dirty vocabulary, but i do recommend this for just about everyone else. from the looks of it, this is a movie that you will either love or hate, not too much in between. chances are you are either gonna like the way you can relate to a story like this, or you are going to hate it because it stereotypes delinquent adolecent kids, or for the way they did the camera shots. i loved the movie for all these reasons.
Movie Review: REALITY SUCKS DOESN'T IT?
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a teenager and i saw this movie for the first time a couple months ago. By the way, everyone i watched it with, myself included, was stoned at the time. When the movie first started, i didn't know what the hell i was looking at. There were just these two kids who looked like they were 12 or 13 years old making out on the screen with no music or anything in the backround and film quality that looked like something out of a low-budget documentary. The realness of how they portay KIDS in this movie is frightningly accurate, and if you say otherwise you are either an ignorant adult or a kid who has never been to a party in the last 10 years. It made me think about how me and my friends used to be back in middle school. Smoking weed, chasing girls, with no parental concern or supervision. Althouth my experiences were not as insane as those portrayed in the movie, people need to realize that there are many whose are. I luckily got through that stage of my life without anything really bad happening to me, but there were others that were not as fortunate. There have been many of my peers that have either died in drunk driving accidents or commited suicide and it just deeply concerns me to think that people can see a movie like this and then say that it is "pointless." These people need to pull their heads out of their a**es and get a clue. I think that every parent in the united states should be required to watch this movie. You know those so called "slice of life" hollywood movies? Well this is the closest thing to an actual one of those that i have ever seen. UNDERSTAND?Movie Review: And I was still playing with Barbies.....
Summary: 5 Stars
OK, so what was I doing at age 13??? Mom, wherever you are, THANK YOU for sheltering me from a world like this. I had to see this, and come on, you know the urge is killing you if you haven't yet. I caught myself peeking at my TV through my clasped fingers, trying desperately to shield myself from the gruesome, raw behavior of KIDS, but I couldn't ignore the intensity.
This movie is documentary-style fiction bringing the reality of teens, sex, and AIDS, right to your uncomfortable viewing pleasure. The actors (these kids..literally) show us a world of unrestrained promiscuity that is at once shocking and crass.
I keep going back and forth with this one, asking myself ..."Could I show this to my own kids someday"?... It's like asking myself if I will ever be prepared for a tragic car accident.
I found it interesting that in real life, many of these teen actors "lost their way" after this film became an independent favorite.
Prepare yourself to enter a world of 13 yr. old hell. If you can relate to the imagery, you will find it disturbing. If you can't relate, you will find it disgusting. Either way, KIDS is not to be overlooked-let this film stand as a reminder of how admirable maturity is. If you can bear it, I highly suggest watching this film with your teen. I can see this film being an excellent introduction to the reality of promiscuity and unprotected sex. (Be warned: you may find yourself handing out condoms on your street corner after the credits role, but hey, maybe schools will follow suit, eh??)
Movie Review: A film that might give parents a clue!
Summary: 5 Stars
Kids is a film that is very difficult to watch. It is also one of the most honest portrayals of modern life that I have ever seen. It isn't a pretty film nor is it easy to stomach, in fact, most people I've known did not like it at all. My mother called it garbage and kiddie porn and all kinds of foul names. She didn't really get the idea of how this is the way quite a few of our young people live their lives. I think that is why alot of folks hate this film. Then you have the other side who see it for what it really is - the truth. Not all teens or kids behave this way but I think parents would be appalled to find out just how many do these things.Kids start drinking too young, they start having sex too young and they don't think of the consequences. This film does not in any way glorify teen sex at all. In fact, it tells a story that no teen movies ever tell and that is that AIDS exists and no one is immune regardless of age or how many sexual partners they have. Kids is the only film that really tells a story the mainstream moviegoers find too depressing. Larry Clark has the guts to remind all of us of what's out there. If living in a fool's paradise is your choice, avoid this film. If you want to really understand the dangers facing your kids, watch this. Its real, its true and it could be your own kid.
This is the movie all parents and all teens should see. It will never become dated. Kids will make you realize what lurks out there. Brilliant and frightening, it was the boldest film of the decade!