Kids is a
1995 American drama film written by
Harmony Korine and directed by
Larry Clark.
The film features
Chloe Sevigny,
Leo Fitzpatrick,
Justin Pierce and
Rosario Dawson, most of them in their debut performances. The film is centered on a day in the life of a group of sexually active
teenagers in
New York City and their unrestrained behavior towards
sex and
drugs during the
era of
HIV in the mid-1990s.
Kids created considerable controversy upon its release in 1995, and caused much public debate over its artistic merit, even receiving an
NC-17 rating from the
MPAA.
It was later released without a rating.
