I just watched Kids for the first time last night. I was blown away by how real it was. in the middle of the movie I realized that I was watching real life, unfolding in front of my eyes. I'm surprised that movie didn't win an academy award. It's treatment of sex and drugs among urban youth is a startling contrast to the type of young adulthood usually depicted in books, TV, movies, etc. It's sad that real portrayals of life are often mistaken for someone's child porn fantasies. I'm sure whoever was responsible for it encountered problems for the degree of realness they were willing to depict in film.
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