Product: Kids (1995)
Rating: 3.0
good depiction of this element
while kids accurately depicts the element of youths shown here, they are only a small fraction of today's youth or any previous generation. When I was in junior high school during 1964-1965 there were several groups of kids who acted and lived and had similar attitude to the kids in kids. They were scorned and avoided by most of the others in school. These kids are merely a lunatic fringe. This film gives a good look and decent insigth into the lives of troubled and reckless youth. these kids were probably abused and neglected or both by their parents. One failure of this film is that it fails to show us anything of their home life. We know little as to why they are the way the are. We just see that they are this way. Films that deal with the more sordid and sensational aspect of youth or anybody always appeal more than those that show us the mudane decent aspects. I don't think anyone under sixteen should see this film--it's too graphic in many ways. But for those interested in seeing how a ceratin extremist loony lost element lives this is a good portrayal. Just like the book Last exit to Brooklyn accurately portrayed the waterfront fringe element well, kids shows us the youth fringe very well.