Product: Kids (1995)
Rating: 5.0
Achieving the effect it desired.
Yes the film is stark, filled with unredeming characters,unapologetic, remorseless, rude and possibly obscene. None of thecharacters gets what they deserve and none seem to have any real conception of life or fun. This film is painful to watch and shows only the dark grim side of life for these kids. Is there a light side? I don't know, should it show a light side, should it have even a single character we can feel sympathy for? NO. The film is very pure and plays very strictly by it's own rules, pulling no punches. whether it's stupidity, drug use brutality or the rape of a minor there is no turning away, and no polite little nods to help you accept that this only a movie. Whether you believe that people like this exist or not, the movie doesn't care, as far as it is concerned they do and having made that decission it plays entirely fair, maybe too much so. No there are no heroes or angels here and morality does seem on a holliday, but it could be worse, it could be Disney.