Product: Kids (1995)
Rating: 1.0
dissapointing
This was a very big letdown. With all the controversy surrounding it, I was curious to see what it was like.It was attempting to use the shock value of showing all the adolecent stereotypes in order to give some sort of cautionary tale of todays youth, in the end though it doesn't really work.They take a large number of stories of delinquent kids and follow them around for the day. One of them has a thing for deflowering virgins, what he doesn't know is that he has AIDS as he goes on to his next conquest. His friends wander around the town, skate, steal alcohol, get into fights, and try to get laid as much as possible.Two problems that I had with this movie. Even though it was using graphic language and more graphic scenes than most movies, it just wan't that shocking or interesting.I think that might be due to experiencing a lot of the stories in High School. The guy that has to go around and get laid as much as possible, or a guy that likes to deflower young women. The group of kids that wanders around shoplifting and partying whenever they get the chance. etc......Second of all, none of the actors had an ounce of charisma. The main character not only came off as extremely stupid, but ugly as well. Being neither suave or good looking it is hard to believe that he would be so talented at his hobby. The fact that he talks like he has either a head injury, suffers developmental problems, or is addicted to qualudes makes it even harder to fathom.His friends suffer from the same problems; dull, poorly acted, unrealistic, etc......This is a movie that tries very hard to shock, too hard. I think this is what destroys the plot which could have been interesting. But I think it also suffers from the problem of been there done that. We have seen movies that are tales of what kids are capable of for years; Blackboard Jungle, Class of 1984, Bad Boys, A Clockwork Orange, etc...... So this is old territory, and he might be able to get a new spin off of it, but wouldn't delve into new grounds.All that said, don't expect much that you haven't seen in another movie. Maybe not all together, but nothin new.