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MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2989
- IMDb #2217
- Google retired #2663
- Rotten Tomatoes #3004
- Metacritic #2646
- Letterboxd #2834
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3963
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2017
- Metacritic Critics #2187
- Metacritic Audience #3447
- Criticker #1625
- Douban #1521
- Kinopoisk #4417
- AlloCiné #1623
- Trakt #2740
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 47, highest is Google on 80. Critics average 55, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Over the course of a single day in New York City, a group of teenagers spends their time skateboarding, drinking, and engaging in casual sex. The story follows one boy in particular, who pursues virgins, while a girl who just discovered she is HIV-positive searches for him.
Details
- Director
- Larry Clark
- Writers
- Harmony Korine, Jim Lewis, Larry Clark
- Released
- 21 July 1995
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rated
- NC-17
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $20.4M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 7 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 1996 | Best Debut Performance | Justin Pierce | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1996 | Best Supporting Female | Chloë Sevigny | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1996 | Best First Screenplay | Harmony Korine | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1996 | Best First Feature | Kids (Shining Excalibur) | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 1995 | Golden Camera | Larry Clark | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 1995 | Palme d'Or | Larry Clark | Nominee |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 1996 | Worst Picture | Kids (Shining Excalibur) | Winner |
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7 awards — Kids
×| Best Debut Performance | Justin Pierce | Winner |
| Best First Feature | Kids (Shining Excalibur) | Nominee |
| Best First Screenplay | Harmony Korine | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Female | Chloë Sevigny | Nominee |
| Golden Camera | Larry Clark | Nominee |
| Palme d'Or | Larry Clark | Nominee |
| Worst Picture | Kids (Shining Excalibur) | Winner |