SummaryA day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City haunts, skating, drinking, smoking, and deflowering the occasional virgin.
Directed By:Larry Clark
Written By:Harmony Korine, Larry Clark
Kids
Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
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6.3
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
44% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
39% Mixed
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17% Negative
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100
None of the advance hype on Kids can prepare you for the raw, stripped-down reality that Larry Clark captures in his astonishing first film. Nothing can prepare you, because no other film has ever caught the recklessness, sweat and tingly heat of teenage sexuality so effectively.
89
Disturbing, harrowing, visceral, and even sporadically humorous, Kids is one of those rare films that begs the description “a must-see.” For once, it's the truth.
User score
Generally Favorable
53% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
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17% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
Jul 23, 2018
10
A classic piece of history. The ideas, people, innate, raw talent, imagery, truth, reality, allure is outstanding. Be warned not everyone will like it. If you get it, you get it.
Jul 23, 2018
10
Simply timeless, and can be understood to great amounts by the open-minded.
75
Yet Kids does stay with you - which is more than can be said for a picture like Showgirls, most of which vanished from my consciousness 10 minutes after it ended. Nearly a month has elapsed since I've seen Kids and, tedious though much of it is, the experience lingers. [29 Sept 1995, p.19]
58
If Kids is simultaneously engrossing and detached, observant and just plain showy, that may be because the film is so caught up in trying to be a statement that it never develops its characters beyond their rowdy, bellicose facades.
50
They have created a strange document about the unmaking of young lives, but it is a movie made without comment. Clark has stepped back into objectivity so far that he has neglected his role as interpreter for us.
40
Kids is more tedious than titillating, one of those cinematic irritations more interesting to read about than to see.
20
Except for pedophiles, it's hard to imagine who'll be drawn to this irresponsible Little Bo Peep show.
Jul 23, 2018
10
Incredible, realistic, and authentic image of NYC teenagers - and other teenagers - for that matter. Emphasizes the societal state of 1995 and the current day 20th century when it comes to adolescent behavior. Authentic and refreshing. A must see.
Jul 23, 2018
9
A piece of art; those who don't get it are simply just a part of the faint of heart.
May 22, 2024
8
I love this film, brings back some memories. It's not a good watch for date night tho :/
