Meanwhile, Telly and Casper walk to Telly's house and steal money from Telly's mother, who is preoccupied with taking care of her new baby. Distraught over her results, Jennie spends the rest of the day trying to find Telly, to prevent him from passing the virus on to another girl. She tells the nurse that she has had sex only once, with Telly. Ruby's test is negative, though she has had multiple sexual encounters, many of them unprotected intercourse. Ruby and Jennie mention that they were recently tested for STDs at Ruby's request, though Jennie only got tested to keep Ruby company. Their attitudes evidently contradict that of the boys on many topics, particularly oral sex and the significance of the individuals to whom they lost their virginities. Casper inhales nitrous oxide out of balloons, which Telly considers dangerous.Īcross the city, a group of girls, among them Ruby and Jennie, are talking about sex. While doing so, the boys smoke marijuana while watching a skating video. Once they arrive at Paul's house, they join the other boys in boasting about their sexual prowess, as well as their nonchalant attitudes to both unprotected sex and venereal diseases. Looking for drugs, food, and a place to hang out, they head to their friend Paul's apartment, despite expressing their dislike of him on the way there. bottle of malt liquor as Telly distracts the cashier.
The pair then enters a local store, where Casper shoplifts a 40 oz. Telly vocalizes his desire to keep having sex with virginal girls.
Afterwards, he meets with his best friend, Casper, and they talk about his sexual experience. With no adults around, Telly, who is a few years older, persuades the girl, who is a virgin, to have sex with him. 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. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Kids is a 1995 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Larry Clark and written by Harmony Korine. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site.
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