Critical response was mixed, and the film grossed $20.4 million on a $1.5 million budget.Ī boy named Telly and a 12-year-old girl are kissing on a bed. It received an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, but was released without a rating. There is no thunderous moral reckoning, only observational detachment.' The film was deemed controversial upon its release in 1995 and caused public debate over its artistic merit. Ben Detrick of the New York Times has described the film as ' Lord of the Flies with skateboards, nitrous oxide and hip-hop. They are characterized as hedonists, who engage in sexual acts and substance abuse, throughout the course of a single day. Set in 1994, Fitzpatrick, Pierce, Sevigny, Dawson, and other newcomers portray a group of teenagers in New York City. It stars Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny, and Rosario Dawson, all in their film debuts. Kids is a 1995 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Larry Clark and written by Harmony Korine.
