Kidulthood

R 6.7
2006 1 hr 29 min Drama

A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.

  • Cast:
    Aml Ameen , Red Madrell , Noel Clarke , Adam Deacon , Jaime Winstone , Nicholas Hoult , Cornell John

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Reviews

Hellen
2006/03/03

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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BlazeLime
2006/03/04

Strong and Moving!

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WasAnnon
2006/03/05

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

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CommentsXp
2006/03/06

Best movie ever!

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goldgreen
2006/03/07

As a film buff I rate this as a well edited, pacey, incident filled and coherent 90 minutes that is deservedly a commercial success. As a Londoner I recognise that it provides a welcome break from the light comedy romance featuring toffs in very nice houses style of cinema we have seen too much of. Some of the characters and the situations reminds me of my own days at an inner-London comp. The film works and justifies itself by this alone, but I could not help wishing for more. The main characters are either victims, psychos, bastards, saps or stupid. Its the same for its sequel Adulthood. The audience this film is aimed at (the same ones in the film) could do with something a little more aspirational, a little more ambitious. Noel Clarke after having written and starred in the film has escaped the dead end lives of the people he writes about, so he should offer the audience some hope too.

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jamiewalden25
2006/03/08

This is another underrated film, the acting is excellent even if it doesn't star massive Hollywood actors/actresses, the film is depressing yet compelling, and the bleak setting and nature of the film seems scarily real.It takes place in London, and spans over a long day, in the lives of three adolescent boys, and drama and troubles they get into, and delivers one shock of an ending.The violence is brutal but real, the script is profane, but again realistic and the underage sex, drugs and violence shows us a world we live with, and could happen any day of the week

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Tss5078
2006/03/09

Kidulthood is another film that makes people want to see it, by advertising a star that's in it for all of five minutes, Nick Hoult of Skins, About A Boy, and X-Men fame. He's the reason I gave this film a chance, because honestly, the plot isn't really something that interests me. This film is so far out there and so strange, that I can't even tell you what it's about! A bullied girl in a London high school kills herself and the kids get time off from school. After that the story splinters into a million different pieces of kids running wild in the streets of London and most of it makes absolutely no sense. Kidulthood tries to become the British version of Boyz In The Hood, but completely fails. The British gangstas, aren't exactly gangsta, and things move so unbelievably fast that it's impossible to keep track of who is who and who is doing what. To sum it all up, there's no real plot, meaning there isn't much of a point to this movie. There are also far too many characters, many of whom look a like, and very few that can actually act worth a damn. Kidulthood is one big blur of violence and F-bombs without a theme, a plot, or a point. This is just another example of a movie that tries to attract people with foul language, unnecessary violence, and a marquis name that barely makes a cameo. It's a complete waste of two hours!

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juk275
2006/03/10

I was lucky to catch this on BBC Three a couple of weeks ago... it was worth it! The writing can go from funny and menace and then to sorrow and sadness. It packs-a-punch. The three best performances of the film are from Aml Ameen (Trife), Jaime Winstone (Becky) and the writer himself, Noel Clarke (Sam). Ameen's character goes through a range of different emotions throughout the whole film, and Ameen does well to capture this. Winstone is brilliant as a girl who does not know how to respect her body and Clarke gives a menacing performance as the school bully. The rest of the cast led by newcomers Adam Deacon, Femi Oyeniran, Cornell John and Red Madrell, but also contains some famous faces (Rafe Spall, Nicholas Hoult, ex-CBBC presenter and presenter of The Gadget Show, Ortis Deley and John Simm's wife, Kate McGowan) is a brilliant cast that is full of different actors from different backgrounds, which is what makes Kidulthood stand out... because it has diversity! Kidulthood is a harrowing look at the lives of young children in the UK and what they go through. You will not regret this.

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