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Kidulthood (2006) -- A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.

Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   5,193 votes
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Director:
Menhaj Huda
Writer:
Noel Clarke (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 March 2006 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Before adulthood comes...
Plot:
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Clarke Cancels Theatre Debut
 (From WENN. 12 March 2009, 12:00 AM, PDT)

News: Noel Clarke: Playwright
 (From Kasterborous. 3 February 2009, 7:57 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Well-made and intriguing but a rather downbeat film more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Aml Ameen ... Trife
Red Madrell ... Alisa

Noel Clarke ... Sam
Adam Deacon ... Jay
Jaime Winstone ... Becky
Femi Oyeniran ... Moony
Madeleine Fairley ... Claire
Rebecca Martin ... Katie

Nicholas Hoult ... Blake
Adem Bayram ... Vinnie
Stephanie Di Rubbo ... Shaneek (as Stefanie Di Rubbo)
Kate-Line Okoro ... Carleen
Medhavi Patel ... Sophie
Ben McKay ... Rapper

Cornell John ... Uncle Curtis
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive language, violent content, sexual material, drug and alcohol use - all involving teens.
Runtime:
89 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Company:
Stealth Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The CD case that Becky racks out lines of cocaine on is "Out Of The Ghetto" by Isaac Hayes. She uses a Slipknot branded Visa card to cut them. more
Quotes:
Alisa: It's morning sickness.
Becky: But it's not morning.
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Movie Connections:
References Enter the Dragon (1973) more
Soundtrack:
Counter Evolution more

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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
Well-made and intriguing but a rather downbeat film, 23 June 2006
9/10
Author: davideo-2 from United Kingdom

STAR RATING: ***** The Works **** Just Misses the Mark *** That Little Bit In Between ** Lagging Behind * The Pits

When a girl who has suffered horrific bullying at school commits suicide, it leaves 15 year old Trife (Aml Ameen) and his two friends with the day off school. Trife starts the day by learning the unwanted news that his on-off girlfriend is pregnant and the baby might be his. Frustrated at hearing this, he sets off with his friends and embarks on a day of increasingly dangerous mischief. Juxtaposed with their story is that of his girlfriend, her qualms about keeping her baby and her moral free mate willing to do anything to score money and drugs. Their paths are set to collide and result in a devastating climax.

Kidulthood has that look and feel of a film out to shock (it managed a 15 certificate, but it must have only just scraped it!) If it's painting a picture of what life is really like for chavvy kids like this living on housing estates in inner-city areas, then the film manages to leave an even more downbeat and depressing taste in the mouth than it already did. It's well-acted enough, with a good lead in Ameen (who I recognized as Officer Lewis from The Bill-wouldn't have thought he'd come off as a 15 year old though) and a decent supporting cast, including an attractive presence in Madeleine Fairley (but, what can I say, a chavette's a chavvete!) It has a fine soundtrack, too, including some notable work from Mike Skinner and The Streets. It's far from a bad film, as it is, too, it's just so relentlessly bleak and with little in the way of humour and light that it never manages to come off as a truly enjoyable experience in any way. Still, it delivers what it says and more. ****

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