I don't know what to say. I have to rate this as an actual movie, because that is what it is. If it was a documentary, I'd give it a thumbs up for a great look into a world that parents are blind to. However, it's very impossible at times. These children get away with a whole lot and throughout it all, you only see 3 adults.
Could this all be happening? Maybe, but I think that Larry Clark definitely has his shock value winding through this film.
The impossible chance that your first time could end up with HIV+ consequences is real. Drug use amongst kids is definitely real. The profanity is absolutely real. If you could take video of public school kids after school, you'd vomit at the language.
But the whole world of larry clark populated by unsupervised kids? It's not totally wrong, but exaggerated. However, if you took a hundred teens and asked them about what they do behind their parent's backs, you'd get something almost as shocking as KIDS.
So if you have an OPEN mind, then you may want to watch kids. But it's a shock value movie more than a touching or sad movie. Larry Clark wants to push buttons, and he does.
Could this all be happening? Maybe, but I think that Larry Clark definitely has his shock value winding through this film.
The impossible chance that your first time could end up with HIV+ consequences is real. Drug use amongst kids is definitely real. The profanity is absolutely real. If you could take video of public school kids after school, you'd vomit at the language.
But the whole world of larry clark populated by unsupervised kids? It's not totally wrong, but exaggerated. However, if you took a hundred teens and asked them about what they do behind their parent's backs, you'd get something almost as shocking as KIDS.
So if you have an OPEN mind, then you may want to watch kids. But it's a shock value movie more than a touching or sad movie. Larry Clark wants to push buttons, and he does.