Product: Kids (1995)
Rating: 5.0
This moving is as disturbing as it is poignent
It's hard to review something that really gives you a gut feeling of disgust and anger. But then again, the REASONS for that disgust or anger is because the movie is believable.It's a kind of rough film, edited in a way that it seems kind of gritty, with home video feel to it. The story is of the idle time of kids essentially on the streets in New York and is also kind of a "coming of age" film, with a HUGE twist.It also is a movie to show the dangers of sex, drugs and alcohol, and it does so through the tales of numerous kids in the story, most notebly Telly (played by Leo Fitzpatrick), his friend Casper, and also characters played by Rosario Dawson and Chloe Sevegny. It's hauntingly believable and the "surprise ending" is both disgusting and kind of fitting.I'd recommend this movie to anyone, but I don't think I could OWN it. It's kind of one of those things you're happy you've seen, but also glad you don't HAVE to see it again. Powerful and painful in one blow, this is a completely unforgettable movie. It's just too bad that sometimes you don't forget things because they leave haunting images of reality in your mind.