Kids

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Summary: Realistic? Maybe....
Review: Is this a great movie? No. Does this movie show kids as they really are,as some say? Not exactly.

What this is,is a film that tries to portray teens in a true light,but doesn't quite succeed all of the time.

The plot: Aids infected teen has unprotected sex with teen girl,does some drugs, drinks some alcohol,has a few violent moments and has unprotected sex again with different teen girl. Honestly,thats it.

I give this movie credit for trying,not for succeeding. No,teenagers are not angels,as we all know. They do make mistakes,sometimes deadly ones. To a certain extent this movie portrays teens as they can be. But is this how they really are? Well,just a few short years out of my teens and working with teens on a daily basis,I can honestly say,no,I don't believe this is how teens are.

Yes,this film is gritty,yes,this film is disturbing,yes,this film will leave you stunned. Stunned at the way America views it's youth and stunned that our youth are willing to embrace the actions portrayed in this film.

Rating:
Summary: Extremely real and honestly painful
Review: This film is not made for "kids"--it's no Disney film; rather it shows a painfully accurate picture of a group of young adults. This film is about kids living in the drug-friendly, over-sexed, "just do it" world of the late 20th century.

I first saw this film in the theater. I knew it would be a hard film to watch; that's an understatement. You'll find some interesting parts of the film that may bring back some adolescent feelings of insecurity and curiousity about sex. I think we all harbored these feelings to some extent when when we were teenagers. What really hit me hard is the main focus of the movie: STDs. I won't spoil the plot for you because if I tell you any more I may risk destroying the experience this movie gives first time viewers. I hope no one else has spoiled the plot line for you.

Although it sounds unorthodox, I think they should show this film in ALL highschool (11th or 12th grade) sex/health classes. If I had seen it when I was 17 I would have had a better understanding of the consequences unprotected sex can bring.

This film is extremely real -- watch with caution and an open mind.

Rating:
Summary: Worst film ever?
Review: By film's end, I was hoping the Driller Killer would show up to put Telly and Capser out of their misery. In the end, the only people you truly feel sorry for, is the man on the subway with no legs and the skater punk who gets beaten nearly to death.

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Summary: Why was this Garbage made!
Review: This is one of the worst films I have ever seen, hands down. Everyone who likes it always say "It is realistic, this movie needed to be made." It may seem realistic (I'm 20, and i know the bad stuff kids can do), but not all Kids are like that. It plays like a really bad documentary. All that happens is a Kid with AIDS has sex, smokes some marijuana, has more sex, participates in violence, and then has more sex. THAT IS THE MOVIE. So, why did it have to be made, to inform parents about bad kids? Hardly. The director of this movie obviously has no experience in filmmaking (maybe he used a shaky camera at a party or something). Funny thing is, that's all this piece of garbage is, a shaky camera following stupid kids around. I hope you find this review helpful, but I'm guessing most people won't just because they like the movie, and they don't welcome my opinion.

There is one good thing about this movie, if you are a teenager, you now know what NOT to do. If you are a filmmaker, you now know what NOT to do. I guess I know why this was made, to set a reference standard on the low end of filmmaking.

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Summary: Thanks to the teenagers that wrote reviews of this movie.
Review: First, I found the movie just about as distasteful and obscene as most people. I found it shocking and frightening as the father of 2 teenagers.

After reading reviews from teenagers, I have definitely decided that my kids will not see this movie. I find it deeply disturbing that some of you glamorize this movie with statements like "Casper Rox" and "Casper rulez, I want him". I think that I can convey the dangers of drugs and unprotected sex to my children without exposing them to this graphic obscenity. I do commend those that watched it and took the shock as an opportunity for a little soul searching and as positive tool for helping them make future life decisions.

It may very well be a wakeup for parents that don't believe this can happen, however most of us with teenagers did grow up in the sixties and seventies. The consequences are greater now, but there is nothing new about a percentage of teenagers (and some adults for that matter) only caring about hedonistic instant gratification and escape.

If your a parent, I recommend watching this without your kids, prior to making any decisions on whether to watch this with your kids.

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Summary: A shocking piece of sheer realism
Review: When I first saw this film I cringed and squirmed in my seat, totally stunned at what our kids have become in our society. It's like a gifted filmmaker took a camera out on the streets and just let it roll, capturing every facet of teenagers gone wild and off the deep end of delinquency. Nothing is masked by censorship, but is here in its entirety with every brutal and horrific image ever imagined played out here mercilessly. The story focuses on Telly, who has this overwhelmingingly insatiable hunger for making girls lose their virginity. But he may have gone too far. One girl, Jennie, who had a wild time with him, has been infected with the AIDS virus and must scour the city of New York to find Telly and warn him of the pending danger that will one day claim him as well. But her search is in vain, mixed with the horror of the inevitable that she will die at an early age thanks to him. Telly is off with his buddies living it up, and the night Jennie finds him, she makes the horrific discovery that she may be too late. This film is definitely not for the faint hearted or the saints. On a level or morale it looks nasty and hideous to the art of filmmaking, but when looked at from the perspective of movies as an art form, it is a genuine masterpiece of seizing real images in life on film and playing it out before the eyes of those who refuse to admit that the youth of our country is going in the wrong direction in life. This film is daring in every way possible, from the language teenagers use to their vile ideas of how to have fun in life. Shocking images abound, from its grueling opening scene to its final shot that leaves the viewer awed, stunned, and wordless. Watch it if you can stand it, but be very brave for the images that will flash across that screen.

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Summary: If you don' see the brilliance in this film, you're crazy
Review: As I said above, if you don't see the brilliance of this film, you're crazy. This film is NOT at all influencing teens to act the way the teens in the movie did. This movie is a wake up call to parents. The last line in the movie is a teen saying "What the hell happened?" Think about that as you watch this movie, I guarantee that you'll love it.

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Summary: sweet azz movie
Review: This movie is probably one of the best movie I have ever seen. This will definetly keep you wanting more and more suprising you along the way. If your scared to see the truth of what is happening in the youth of America in the 90's, this movie wont apeal to your,nor wish you had watched it.

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Summary: Surprised at the quality of the copy
Review: Many other people have commented on the content of "Kids" and I won't here. I was surprised that the VHS format was at EP (slow) speed (thus reducing the video quality) and the cellophane wraping seemed flimsy. I bought the copy from Amazon. Maybe I should have expected this because it was so inexpensive.

I did not notice any defects in the actual video, however.

Bill

Rating:
Summary: HORRIBLE!
Review: This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Why would they direct a movie about N.Y.C. street kids doing bad stuff? This movie just talks about kids who are wild as crazy. If you want to see a better movie that's kind of like this go rent Hurricane Streets that movie was alot better than this trash.