Product: Kids (1995)
Rating: 3.0
Modern-day, co-ed "Lord of the Flies."
And William Golding thought adults had to be -physically- absent for juvenile behavior to get this bad! How quaint...As a Gen-Xer, I think too many parents put the pursuit of money ahead of actually spending time with their children, being involved in their lives, and doing the grunt work of raising them. "Kids" shows the consequences of this cultural shift which began in the highly overrated 1960s. Thanks a lot, hippies! I've been to countries where parenting and family is more valued, and the vast majority of teens live fuller lives because the extended family acts as a built-in support network for them. Compare that to the hollow cheap-thrill seeking of the teens in this movie and I have to admit that family values really do make a difference.