Product: Kids (1995)
Rating: 5.0
It's in my all-time top 10 for sure.
I actually got kind of sick when I first saw this movie. Even though I knew that this was how teenagers really acted (I'm 19 myself), it was still shocking to see in such graphic detail. The movie had a lot going for it, but I still vowed never to watch it again. But it just stayed in my head. When I watched it again a few weeks later, I didn't get squeamish at all this time around, the good aspects were heightened, and I really enjoyed it. This is great cinema, period. I have a very hard time believing that there was a script for this because the dialogue is the most real I've ever heard in a movie. Major credit to writer Harmony Korine (who also wrote and directed Gummo). Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pearce, and Chloe Sevigny give great performances as the main characters. True, this movie isn't for everyone - some people can't handle the fact that this is real life and not some fake suburban setting, so they'll just write it off as garbage. That's fine, they don't know what they're missing. I won't say that the film depicts the kind of life I wish I have, but it's great that a talented filmmaker like Larry Clark had the guts to show it. At this cheap price, the DVD is a major steal. If you haven't seen Kids yet, don't get offended easily, and/or really like films about young adults, do what I did and blind buy this sucker.