Product: Kids (1995)
Rating: 1.0
KIDS- definately not for kids !!!
My daughter was supposed to watch this for a college group project. Neither she nor her peers were comfortable watching it. I viewed it at a later time.This supposedly "wonderfully insightful film" glorifies the main characters who goals are to deflower as many young virgins as he can. (It turns out that he is not only sharing his sperm, but the HIV virus too. All the sex in unprotected sex.) This is shown in graphic detail w/ 2 long sessions of him talking the girl into sex and the showing the act of sexual intercourse, in graphic thumping detail. In one case the girl is crying for him to stop because it hurts so badly and he ignores her.The characters drink, drug, steal and commit a gang style beating of an innocent man in the park. Later they jokingly wonder if they killed him. The characters party until the pass out, puke or both.Towards the end of the movie, one of the main characters rapes his unconscious "friend" who had some drugs forced on her by another "friend."She literally flops around like a rag doll as he does his "business." This scene was way too long and painful to even watch.I don't think this film is an insight into anything. I think it was done for pure shock value. Yes, I believe these things can happen. The drugs, drinking, wild parties, illicit sex, but not all w/ one group of deviant amorale teens -- who also encourage pre-teens to smoke dope and party too.This may seem extremely harsh, but I think a viewer/buyer should know as much as they can about content, before purchase, as possible.After writing the original review, I have heard a couple parents remark that they thought it was appropriate for their kids to see, if only for the shock value of it.I guess my final thought would be, if you think you want your kids to see this movie, watch it by yourself first.