Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Cody Gearheart Kids was a very challenging movie for me. It was one that delivered strongly on its promise of being a disturbingly realistic depiction of urban teen life. The film was very effective in its delivery, but it was so gratuitously graphic in dialogue and nihilism that it literally felt like a chore to watch. Sure, the film was realistic I suppose but what was it really trying to achieve besides making me super uncomfortable and scaring me into wearing a condom? In summary, Kids isn't necessarily a bad film but it's just so vulgar and non-judgemental about it's disturbing sexual content involving teens that it's hard to see where the filmmakers stood with the overall message. The film never really comes up with a solution for the problem, which is refreshing in some aspects but overall meaningless when covering a subject like that.

nadrojh Kids is a great movie about how kids behave away from their parents and in a group. the movie makes no judgments it just observes a group of kids as they go about their day. Larry Clark (Director) and Harmony Korine (Writer) did a great job keeping the movie simple. The movie was well shot it has a dark and gritty look. The language was vulgar but seemed authentic. I though the scenes of the boys and girls discussing sex was well done the cutting back and forth between the two discussions. I also thought the park scene was done well as well, especially the use of music in the fight scene. The cast was good. It was made up of mostly non actors or unknown actors. There was wonderful performances by the four main actors Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloe Sevigny, and Rosario Dawson. Kids is not a movie for everyone it is dark and at times uncomfortable to watch especially the opening scene and the last scene. It does however tackle some tough subjects, and shows behavior when you don't think through the consequences. It is a great experimental movie anyone interested in movies should see it. I have seen it a few times and find it more interesting each time. It is Larry Clarks greatest work.

SnoopyStyle A group kids in NYC run wild in a world without adult supervision. Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick) loves to deflower virgins. One of the girls he deflowered in the past is Jennie (Chloë Sevigny). She and her friend Ruby (Rosario Dawson) go to do a STD check. Ruby is clean but Jennie tests positive for HIV despite having had sex with only Telly.I remember this was edgy at the time. It still is seeing this after 20 years. It has the documentary feel and mostly unknown amateur actors which only adds to its realism. Both Leo Fitzpatrick and Chloë Sevigny are amazing. I do forget that this is also Rosario Dawson's debut. Some of the other kids also put out raw performances. Harmony Korine's script has a real authenticity to it.

videorama-759-859391 Kids is shocking in your face stuff from the first frame. The magic of the film is that it has a documentary feel, not enough to make it documentary, where the other side of it is movie, but with a reality staring you in the face. Director Clark, has made the right choice too, using non thespians, where Chloe Sevingy as the aids infected Jenny, I must say, was an acting revelation. I know a lot of dudes who are exactly like Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick, another discovered talent) who don't respect any thing. All Telly loves is creating an impressive tally of deflorations of virgins, as seen in the first shock scene, having him, making it with a gullible girl. What disgusted me is when he left her apartment, before going to brag to his best friend, Casper, who down stairs, waiting for him. He produces a gob of spit and lets it drop from his lips, falling through the gap of stairway, proud with another victory. Kids is a pull no punches film, with a lot of expletive language and quite a bit of sex, but this is the generation we live in. The main plot, basically consists of Jenny finding out she's HIV positive, where she's only done it with guy: Telly. This day her whole world has come to an end, before her, which really had me imagining, what It'd be like if I was in her predicament. That taxi driver scene I really liked, with the cheery taxi driver, trying to be helpful but really doesn't know the extent of Jenny's sadness, where one foolish mistake can't cost your life. Now driven to find Telly, who's about to deflower another girl, much less gullible (the public pool scene I liked, almost semi erotic) it's a race to find him where they're about to do it on that same night, where a big party is happening, yo. I'll be honest, the film doesn't have the best script in the world, where it's chosen to go for reality instead. Clark's debut film, really works, rough, raw, and always compelling. If you want escapist fare, see other movies, but if you really hard edged reality, with strong themes and want to be shocked or challenged, this is one of the movies for you, with a script by Spring Breaker's Harmony Korine.