Review of Kids (1995) by Janet Maslin for The New York Times — 25 Nov 2003
Mr. Clark's vision of these characters is so bleak and legitimately shocking that it makes almost any other portrait of American adolescence look like the picture of Dorian Gray...Kids is far too serious to be tarred as exploitation, and its extremism is both artful and devastatingly effective.
Think of this not as cinema verite but as a new strain of post-apocalyptic science fiction, using hyperbole to magnify a kernel of terrible, undeniable truth.
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This review of Kids (1995) was written by Janet Maslin and published by The New York Times on 25 Nov 2003.
Kids has generally received positive reviews.
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