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Overview

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6.0/10   10,732 votes
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Writers:
Larry Clark (stories)
Harmony Korine (screenplay)
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Release Date:
31 January 2003 (Austria) more
Genre:
Drama | Adult more
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Plot:
It's about several Californian skateboarder's life and relationships with and without their parents. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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(12 articles)
Mickey Rourke Is Just The Driver
 (From Cinema Blend. 15 May 2009, 7:36 AM, PDT)

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Disappointed. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Adam Chubbuck ... Ken Park
James Bullard ... Shawn
Seth Gray ... Shawn's Brother

Eddie Daniels ... Shawn's Mother
Zara McDowell ... Zoe

Maeve Quinlan ... Rhonda
Stephen Jasso ... Claude

Wade Williams ... Claude's Father (as Wade Andrew Williams)

Tiffany Limos ... Peaches
Julio Oscar Mechoso ... Peaches' Father (as Julio Oscar Mochoso)

James Ransone ... Tate

Patricia Place ... Tate's Grandmother

Amanda Plummer ... Claude's Mother
Mike Apaletegui ... Curtis
Harrison Young ... Tate's Grandfather
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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min | Argentina:98 min (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema) | Sweden:97 min
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby SR

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Trivia:
Larry Clark shot Bully (2001), Teenage Caveman (2002) (TV) and Ken Park (2002) in a span of nine months. more
Quotes:
Claude's father: You can pick your friends but you can't pick your family. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Indie Sex: Teens (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Deception more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Disappointed., 30 August 2007
4/10
Author: GodivaVII from Netherlands

I didn't enjoy this latest offering by Larry Clark. It was as if he took Todd Solondz' Happiness, removed all wit, all semblance of plot and character development, and threw in a few explicit sex scenes for some shock value.

After watching Bully and Kids, I have come to accept Clark's style of storytelling, however I felt that this movie went nowhere. He's usually good at juggling multiple story lines that end up converging in a natural sense, but I felt that in Ken Park he didn't have a enough time to delve into any single character's storyline deep enough for the audience to become engaged with the characters, which to me is a crucial element in any good drama.

When the 1h10 mark came around, I was more alarmed by the fact that there were only 20 more minutes in which to resolve the story than by the incest and murder taking place on screen.

This failure was akin to Lukas Moodysson's A Hole in My Heart. I hope Larry Clark's work will only get better after this.

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