Kids (1995)

Shock value is definitely one thing that "Kids" has. From extreme language and subject matter, to incredibly amoral teenagers. It really wakes up the nervous system as well as the moral obligations of the audience through pure shock value and startling of the soul.
"Kids" portrays a day in the lives of several New York Teenagers and the mid-nineties that have no moral bounds, nothing is off limits. The shock value aspect starts off the film with the main character Telly having sex with a thirteen-year-old girl, taking her virginity. This ends up being a reoccurring tragedy of the film with Telly. Along with the plot line following Telly, there is a separate plot line following a girlfriend that he previously had sex with, a girl named Jennie. These plot lines follow their own paths until a secret is revealed that will change the lives of Telly, Jennie, and everybody associated with them.
This movie amazed me with how in-depth both plot lines were and how they fused them together at the end of the film. It was very easy as a viewer to become immersed in the lives of both characters, which was achieved by superb acting by both Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick) and Jennie (Chloe Sevigny). By the end of the movie the emotions running through both of their minds are smacking the viewer square in the face. My roommates definitely had some trouble getting through the first scene and I had to finish it on my own. Overall a very blood curdling movie about what goes wrong when morals are out of the question. Despite the gruesome shock value of "Kids", it receives a 4 out 5.