Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Brilliant and touching

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

I could not even get myself to finish watching this. The first shot is a CU of high schoolers making out for way too long. That wasn't the only cringy scene in the film. The entire first twenty minutes cuts between a group of guys talking about sex and a group of girls talking about sex. All the guys keep acting like they're the best and it is just monotonous and quite annoying. I remember a lot of use of the N word by white teens. The worst part about this film is that it isn't a fun bad movie to watch i.e. Birdemic, The Room. All I did was cringe. That goes for anything Harmony Korine has done. I've never been able to finish any of his films. So my advice for you is to not even try.

An excellent account on youth. Maybe it's the extreme end of youth, with sex and drugs, but an accurate account of those types. This film isn't trying to label all kids like these ones but label kids like these ones as kids like these ones, no sugar coating it. It's disturbing, it's full on and it's as raw as possible without making it a snuff children's film. Truly an excellent piece by Larry Clarke, finally someone who is not afraid to do what he wants and does what he pleases. Gritty and raw, there is no escaping the grasp of Kids. A not-so-thoughtful nod to the children of the world, but a realistic one of the hoodlums of society.

I just finished watching this and it was an uncomfortable experience. I understand the director wanted to be realistic but to me that was just an excuse to get away with child exploitation, There was no need to show the amount of girls bodies that was shown. As usual, it's all for the pleasure of the male: tits, two girls kissing, rape. In the swimming pool scene where the black kid is shaking his dick they don't show it, you hear the sound and you see their friends laughing, but when it comes to girls you see their nipples and their butts. It bothers me a lot how directors get away with inappropriate things in the name of art, like it somehow justifies whatever they do. There is no story, no point to prove apart from the fact that the blonde girl gets HIV after having one sexual encounter without protection. You see her crying and being miserable but nobody does anything to help her or tells her what to do, not even the people who tested her. It's a really upsetting movie to watch and I bet that was the director's intention, to disturb and provoke people. Well he did it but that doesn't change the fact that, to me, he's a perverted.

A group kids in NYC run wild in a world without adult supervision. Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick) loves to deflower virgins. One of the girls he deflowered in the past is Jennie (Chloë Sevigny). She and her friend Ruby (Rosario Dawson) go to do a STD check. Ruby is clean but Jennie tests positive for HIV despite having had sex with only Telly.I remember this was edgy at the time. It still is seeing this after 20 years. It has the documentary feel and mostly unknown amateur actors which only adds to its realism. Both Leo Fitzpatrick and Chloë Sevigny are amazing. I do forget that this is also Rosario Dawson's debut. Some of the other kids also put out raw performances. Harmony Korine's script has a real authenticity to it.