Rating: 
Summary: This isn't a walk in the park
Review: This film is a true ground breaker due to its gritty style of really just telling the story of how inner city kids, young adults, teenagers are basically growing up in these times. I think most would shy away from a film like this due to its "in your face" demeanor that it has but it my opinion, it just shows the "sign of the times".
Rating:
Summary: Definately worth your time
Review: Kids is a controversial film, it is a realistic portrait of some people's life, it should be a wake-up call, but above all it's a good way to spend a couple hours.
I bought the film, several years ago, with the intention of seeing a sex filled shocking film. And shocking it was. I was disgusted, and that's not something that happens often. But months later, little flashes of the film would be in my head, and I started thinking about giving it a second chance. So I did, and I've watched it nearly twenty times since. I love this movie. Yes, it is disturbing to see the way these kids live, and the fate they've assigned themselves. But for some this is everyday. And we should all see it. Most of the people in this film weren't professional actors, they were kids from the area, people who already live the lifestyle they're portraying. And they present it in an incredibly accurate way, probably for that reason.
If you go to this film with an open mind, without expectations, you'll see what Larry Clark saw, and what he wants to give to you. Give it a chance, and a second one if necessary, and you'll be glad you did.
Rating:
Summary: Is it so hardcore
Review: Kids is a film that has been misunderstood since its release parents say that it is a kiddy porn film and that it makes no sense or that it does not have a proper ending. Children and teenagers however watch it and think that it is great because every one smokes drinks and has underage sex basically three things that are garuanteed to evoke a positive response from the underage amongst us. The thing about this film however is that it is basically a documentary commenting on the lives of a group of fairly average teenagers because lets face it most kids probably do get up to this kind of thing. If you watch Kids with an open mind you will see a harsh unrelenting look at the truth of the teenage social heierarchy of drink drugs and sex. On the whole a very thrilling film that pulls no punches and gives the topic of aids a new spin that is light years away from tom Hanks in Philadelphia.
Rating: 
Summary: Another thing to make me go...hmmmm
Review: The movie was a low budget, badly scripted, filthy 90 minutes of kiddy porn. I'm so glad that I checked the NO box on the sex education form at my daughter's school and she was spared this movie. Maybe kids do go through this in a day, but I sure hope not. I would hope they wouldn't go through half that much in a lifetime. I'm realistic, I know that it's hard out there for teens-peer pressure, violence, rape and drugs and homosexuality abound. But this movie gave no hope or understanding, or strong underlining moral to grab hold of. The attempt at realism was overdone. The movie was a major downer with no punch at the end...so they all had sex and died, the end. Sheesh, I've seen better points made for not having sex with a condom. If they wanted to prove a point they should have shown the kid dying from the disease...instead of how they got it. We all know how they got it.
Rating: 
Summary: A film that might give parents a clue!
Review: 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!
Rating:
Summary: One of the best movies I've seen
Review: I was 14 when I seen that movie for the 1st time and I was SO stoked on it because when adults make documentary about kids they usually go for a sweeter, fairy-tale style approach. That movie is much more hardcore because the Kids in it cuss all the time, steal and drink forties, smoke blunts, skateboard and f**k. It's real enough for teenagers to relate to the characters and what's great about that movie is that there is actually something to learn from it. It's just a shame that Justin Pierce (Casper)committed suicide because he was such a great actor in that movie, or was it acting? That movie is real, word.
Rating:
Summary: Boring
Review: This is low grade, boring, exploitative rusbbish. Only shocking to the thoroughly naive. It's high rating is a testament to the gullibility of the general public.
Rating:
Summary: kids
Review: this movie is funny. if you are a teen i recomend it
it is totally disgusting tho!
Rating: 
Summary: Decent exploitation movie. Worth watching...once
Review: This film opens with such an obvious and laughable set-up (reminiscent of some sort of cautionary sex-ed pamphlet) that it's hard to take anything that follows seriously. However, it's well done in parts, and it *is* realistic, if a wee bit overdone. There are some nice touches of character here and there. I kept wondering what the point of it was, though. There's no plot or anything particularly interesting going on. It's apparently supposed to be a "message" film, but what is the message? That kids like this exist? Anyone who's ever been to high school can tell you that. Most people have been around this sort of thing to one degree or another. Sure, it's shocking, in a cheap, exploitive way, to see graphic scenes of young kids boozing and doing drugs and having sex, but after an hour and a half, it all gets pretty boring. And that's the most shocking part of all.
Rating:
Summary: Calm down, it's a movie.
Review: It's overhyped. It's unrealistic. It's childish, pathetic, out only for shock value. The stupid people who put down the movie for these reasons seem to be the same "hip" crowd who all hate the same movies for the same reasons. Liking a film that other people have actually SEEN? My Gawd. Seems that all the reviews I've read that claim KIDS was an unrealistic, ridiculous, sensationalist portrayal of youth have been written by people who didn't grow up under those circumstances. It IS something real. Things like those in the movie do happen. It's not a portrait of "American Youth." It's not supposed to be. There ARE kids whose lives are just like those in the film. Kids all over aren't all shooting up or contracting AIDS, but some are. There are so many different things that "the youth" are doing, so it's ridiculous to claim that KIDS is or isn't realistic. It IS an accurate picture, of ONE of the things that is. It's not new or outlandish, it's not a fresh look at what some teenagers are doing, and it's not shocking. It doesn't MATTER if it's new or not. "Teenage nihilism" isn't NEW. But does that mean an interesting movie can't be made out of it? People look at the supposed "attempt to be shocking" of the movie instead of the movie itself. They got so caught up in the opinions of the very young or the "open-minded" older crowd who think it really is fresh and a true cinematic masterpiece, and the SoHo-culture crowd who moan about the boringness and lack of anything even remotely redeeming about it. Watch it for the story, not the hype. Does it have a "plot"? The more important question is, does that matter? Do you get angry when your life doesn't have a plot? Is your everyday existence filled with witty, animated conversation and surprising, insightful, well-crafted themes? Does a movie need to have these PLUS an obvious, visible plot, or at least a somewhat coherent sequence of events for it to be enjoyable or entertaining to you? Why?
|
