No one liked it?!

Loves_Bitca, what you do in that situation is take the VHS out and exchange it with another, lamer and lower rated movie. Works every time.

Hm the tamest Larry Clark movie, yea I would think so. I have yet to see Kids, but from reviews and postings it's pretty disturbing.
And Bully is very graphic in sex, and nudity (if you get the rated R version instead of the non rated they cut alot of these parts off.) There is alot more violence, blood, and drugs in ADIP than Bully.
Bully has the murder scene-the only scene that I can remember with blood- and they take acid, and pot. They don't shoot up, or snort anything like in this movie.

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I think that because this film is probably Clark's least controversial, it missed out on some pretty valuable publicity - which is a real shame.

I loved this movie so much - The acting was amazing. James Woods, I think, was playing an exaggerated version of himself - I know he used a lot of improvisation rather than adhering strictly to the script. For me, Melanie Griffith's performance was the real shocker - I couldn't believe how good she was. She managed to capture this really sweet vulnerability without loosing the edgy toughness of her character. I have never seen her Oscar nominated work ('Working Girl', I think), but this movie left me believing that she was entirely capable of achieving such accolades. She was just brilliant.

I'm also surprised that no-one has mentioned Bobbie and Rosie; if I wasn't already madly in lust with Vincent Kartheiser, this film would have sealed it! He did a really great job with his charater, especially considering that he was 18 (I think?) at the time of shooting, and the role was nothing like anything else that he had done - I mean there was no cute polar bear in the movie for a start! Natasha Greggson Wagner was just adorable in the film, the chemistry between the younger actors, as well as Mel and Vincent really showed up on screen.

It is a total shame that this film didn't get the credit it deserved. For one thing, I think that this is evidence that Clark's films can create more than just 'controversy'. The actual editing, lighting and techie stuff were a little rustic, but in my opinion, this just added to the realism of the script. The soundtrack is AWESOME, as is the costuming and some of the sets. If people actually looked past the stigma associated with Clark's name, they would see a reasonably well-made film, a great ensemble cast and a well told story.

Unlike most of Clark's films, this film ended on a semi-positive note. It had the requiem 'Hollywood happy ending', but it worked. KIDS and Bully leave you shocked, with a kind of bitter taste in your mouth, but ADiP leaves you a little hopeful. You get the sex, drugs and rock n' roll of KIDS, the youthful naivety displayed in Bully, but you get a little hope for the future - the feeling that even if it isn't going to be OK, it might not be all bad either.

I have to say this is one of the best movies I have ever seen. I loved this movie with a great passion, got it on dvd a long time ago....All larry clarks films are great...and what????? Ken Park was banned?? Why..it wasnt that bad!!

I liked it quiet a lot, I think Bobby shows a good example of a real juvenile delinquent. In my opinion a few more sequels would be great, like I`ve said before they could concentrate more in the life of the young out-law Bobby and the juvenile delinquency in America of that age been the 70`s.

If any body thinks the same about the sequels please say so people,

peace.