KIDS - Larry Clark

Kids is a 1995 drama film written by Harmony Korine and directed by Larry Clark. If you think "A Clockwork Orange" is a tad controversial wait till you see "Kids"

We won't be watching this in class because, to quote wikipedia, "of its unexpurgated subject matter centering on relatively young teenagers, Kids has been controversial. The film includes much explicit sexual dialogue and depicts scenes of date rape, physical violence, drug dealing, alcohol abuse, theft, seduction of barely post-pubescent minors, and (non-explicit) teenage sexual displays, as well as (apparently) adolescent actors/actresses in near but not quite explicit exposure. The original version of the film was rated NC-17 in the US.^[3] It was later released without a rating."

Also "The film received mixed reviews, with 55% of critics giving it a positive rating at Rotten Tomatoes.^[9] Film critic Janet Maslin of the New York Times called the film a "wake-up call to the modern world" about the nature of present day youth in urban life.^[10] Meanwhile, other critics have labeled it exploitative (in the lascivious sense) as borderline "child pornography".^[11] Korine attributes the negative reaction to Kids to the expectation on the part of audiences that the film would explicitly make moral judgments on the actions of the characters when Korine gave the film no such moral compass.^[12]"

^{The film itself does end with a fairly clear moral message with many of the characters end up potentially contracting HIV after a series of unprotected sexual encounters (some consensual others not). The film makes Skins look like the Waltons.}