Kids

"Shocking. Depraved. Sickening. And they're only Kids."

1995 1h 31m EN

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6.9

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47%

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★6.9TMDB · 1,366🥫47%Rotten Tomatoes●63Metacritic★7IMDB · 88,412

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Synopsis

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A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.

“Shocking. Depraved. Sickening. And they're only Kids.”

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Cast

Leo Fitzpatrick
Telly
Justin Pierce
Casper
Chloë Sevigny
Jennie
Rosario Dawson
Ruby
Yakira Peguero
Darcy
Atabey Rodriguez
Misha
Harold Hunter
Harold
Jon Abrahams
Steven

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Larry Clark
Writers: Harmony Korine, Larry Clark, Jim Lewis
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Grossed $20M — a 13.6× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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3 / 8

ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Larry Clark, shot by Eric Alan Edwards. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lou Barlow. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Christopher Tellefsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Leo Fitzpatrick and Justin Pierce and Chloë Sevigny carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Shocking. Depraved. Sickening. And they're only Kids.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Larry Clark directs. Eric Alan Edwards behind the camera. Lou Barlow scores. Christopher Tellefsen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $20M — a 13.6× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
331 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Directed by Larry Clark, shot by Eric Alan Edwards. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Lou Barlow. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Christopher Tellefsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Leo Fitzpatrick and Justin Pierce and Chloë Sevigny carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Shocking. Depraved. Sickening. And they're only Kids.".
9IMDB entry: tt0113540 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 17 themes, including "puberty", "first time", "new york city", "drug abuse".
11Released under 21 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Eric Alan Edwards
Original score: Lou Barlow
Editing: Christopher Tellefsen
Production design: Kevin Thompson
Costume design: Kim Marie Druce
Makeup / hair: Kara Raynaud
Sound: David Novack
Stunt coordinator: Manny Siverio
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $1,500,000
Box office: $20,412,216
Return: 1361% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NC-17
IMDB: Kids (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes: 47% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 63/100
IMDB rating: 7/10 · 88,412 votes
MPAA: NC-17

Awards

1 win & 5 nominations total

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What people are saying

Kim Brown2024-06-23
★ 9/10
Where and how am I going to start this review because it truly gives you the 😯😯🤯😳😮😵‍💫. A few friends and I during the whole thing. One thing for sure, it's a really good movie for teaching kids that bad decisions have incredibly worse consequences. Although I do suggest watching it because it does actually grab your attention and keeps it. If you have seen movies that were similar like "Bully" and liked it then I feel comfortable enough to that you will like this as well. I know I will be adding to this review but for the moment that's all I have

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