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  • 37 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Nathan_Innit

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A well put together, British movie

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Maybe tries to be too shocking

    "Now go straight to your room," is a line I'm sure none of the characters in the sensational, Kidulthood, have heard before. When I first discovered Kidulthood it was being advertised as being on the cinema with short flashes of advertisements here and there, obviously because of the budget many small British films see themselves on. For what I can remember as being the first time I have ever seen a film that caters to the origins of urban/chav life in London, it was definitly going to be a talking point in the group of friends I carry myself with. Checking the cinema listings neither of my ... more
  • 41 of 41 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 rabbiter

    Member since 15/05/2001

    Reviews written: 64

    5 Stars Teens + drugs + sex + violence = kidulthood Review with images 28/08/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A shocking, but supurb film with a strong message

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Strong language and other bad morals could be found offensive

    Before adulthood comes kidulthood. The time when you are not an adult, yet you are far from being an innocent child. This is what this film is all about, a day in the lives of a selection of 'Kidults' from a London school, and how this day changes all of their lives. I came across this song probably through the soundtrack - I think I had heard of the film before, but it was only when looking for some of my favourite musical artists and finding their songs on the soundtrack did I begin to discover the film. I could tell it would be the type of film my parents wouldn't enjoy so instead of ... more
  • 79 of 79 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 sghawken

    Member since 31/10/2005

    Reviews written: 990

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Well developed performances

    Disadvantages Disadvantages I never saw this sort of life when I lived in similar areas of London, so wonder why its regarded as realistic

    Kidulthood was hyped as a true view of the life of a teenager in London in the early 2000's. If this is the case I have to ask why so many people live in London, it's a view of London I'm sure to some extent exists but a true view or realistic which was the other word used? Maybe if you're a scumbag, and your family are total scum then yes true view and realistic might be appropriate wording. But lets not get off on the wrong foot here, Kidulthood is not a bad film, but if your looking for realism then perhaps Stargate is closer to the truth. The movie shot on a very small budget revolves ... more
  • 13 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Dan_is_biff

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A harrowing depiction of real life in London

    Disadvantages Disadvantages n/a

    Kidulthood tells the story of a group of teenagers in West London, their lives at school and at home and the trials that they face every day. The film centres on a potentially sad day in the teenagers lives when they are given the day off from school due to a bullied classmate's suicide. I say potentially only due to the fact that some of the kids seem more happy to have the day off than sad for the loss of one of their own. Now, what to do on such a day off? Illegal drug taking? Drinking? Sex? Parties? Stealing? Violence? Kidulthood has it all. Normally i would not be singing the praises of a ... more
  • 28 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 melliebird

    Member since 12/10/2005

    Reviews written: 62

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Brilliant London Based Film

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None it was really good

    I am writing my review based on the film "Kidulthood", when I first was told about this film I was given the impression that it was just like Bugsy Malone, a film that just had all kids in the entire film, this is not the case with Kidulthood, and there are adult members in the film. I Was bored last night and flicking through the TV channels as you do, when on BBC Three Kidulthood was due to come on, well I had to give it a watch just to see if it was as good as people say it is…well it was brilliant, a well set out film with subjects at matter with teenagers. The film was based in London and ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 flyingllamas

    Member since 20/09/2005

    Reviews written: 49

    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Uncensured

    Disadvantages Disadvantages tries to hard to be shocking, too short a time line to be believeable

    I heard a lot about Kidulthood a couple of years ago and since then I've heard it talked about a lot, even called the London version of 'City of God', and repeatedly the true version of life in the city. I finally got to watch the DVD a few days ago and found it extremely disappointing. I felt that it was trying far too hard to be shocking, without even being particularly successful at that, and whilst it touches on many teenage issues it completely fails to look at any in detail. The film opens in the school playground and switches to the classroom where the brutal bullying of one girl Katie ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 3 mehmoou101

    Member since 28/09/2007

    Reviews written: 81

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages truthful

    Disadvantages Disadvantages more characters

    Before adult hood comes kidulthood,This movie is about a group of trouble 15year olds growing up in west London. It is a very interesting movie because it can be taken really offensively because of some inappropriate scenes and dirty foul mouthed kids also the dirty scenes are really disgusting because they can show what kids do these days for drugs , fame and money. This movie could be taken offense by many parents and even teenagers, But the truth has to be told and the director (Menhaj Huda does a great way of bringing the message across to us. One downside to the movie was that there is ... more
  • 13 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 jack1foord

    Member since 05/04/2008

    Reviews written: 29

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A VERY strong film!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages N/a

    Do You like films with violence, crime, drugs, sex, but still gives a strong message? well this is the film for you! I loved this film I'll explain why later on in the review! Plot: It follows a day with several young youths inside the area of west London. The film starts, in the school playground, there is a party being organized by one of the pupils who is handing out invitations, this party is the main part of the film, the whole film is based on the events happening to the big build up at the party. Cast/Actors: Aml Ameen Red Madrell Noel Clarke Jaime Winstone Adam Deacon Madeleine Fairley ... more
  • 27 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
    5 Stars Quick review of Kidulthood DVD by Level 1 casalimon1307 17/08/2008
    i watched this film in the cinema when it was released, i wouldnt recomend this movie to anybody that is against violence and teenage gangs, knife and gun crimes and bad language. this was a real eye opener, it made me realise that guns and knifes dont make you look big in front of your friends, they just cause huge amounts of assults and even teen murders.!!!
  • 4 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    wardy-91

    5 Stars Outstanding 14/07/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages great character performances

    Disadvantages Disadvantages script could have been better..

    Kidulthood is a film that follows the day of a group of teenagers that get the day off for as grievance class-mates suicide. The acting in the film is superb and the best i've seen for actors under 18. The plot is very good and the characters wil make you laugh from start to finish. I think that Aml Ameen (Trife) should recieve an award for his performance in the film as it is absolutely outstanding, and the director, Noel Clarke, should also as it has a brilliant storyline and is directed perfectly from the outset. It was originally a media studies project that some A-level students thought ... more
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