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Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), Uncut, SYNOPSIS: Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim. But they spend precious little time together and none of them seems to know much about one another's family lives. This bizarre dichotomy underscores their alienation # the result of suburban ennui, a teenager's inherent sense of melodrama, and the disturbing nature of their home environments. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Toronto International Film Festival, ...Ken Park (Uncut)
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58 of 59 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Another enjoyably depraved offering from the director with a disturbing fascination with teenage kicks. This was made before the equally explicit Destricted segment, before Bully even. The loose theme of this one is twisted family units. We have a macho Dad with an obsession for his more sensitive son, consume by the idea that he looks like his wife. A religious father whose daughter, Peaches, looks the dead spit of his late wife, but she's sexuality active which leads to a bizarre confrontation. Add to this a neurotic teen with a hatred for his grandparents and a fondness for Michael Hutchence type masturbatory experiments. Oh, and a young lad enyoying a relationship with a mother and daughter. Chuck in a hardcore threesome featuring Peaches and two of the guys, plus an unfaked scene of oral sex. It's a heady brew allright, neeedlessly explicit, light on plot but you do get the feeling Clark is messing with us a bit because in a very nasty black way it's pretty funny. Gotta admire his stones, but Larry needs help, and you'll feel like you need a wash.
Not for Gran.
Not for Gran.
75 of 77 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
One might say that this film is as near to hardcore pornography as can be attained in main stream cinema. However, that is untrue. This film never made the main stream: it had little cinematic showing and was released on DVD by a little known Russian company rather than by a major USA distributor. Those readers of this review who have ever seen hardcore pornography, and care to admit it, will realise that such is fundamentally boring. Views of naked bosoms, bottoms, male and female genitalia, and said, explicitly combined in action do not excite interest for long. There is plenty of that in this film. Yet, it has a plot, of sorts, which, if one is under of the influence of a bottle or so of wine, is quite absorbing. Nevertheless, the film would be very short if the sex scenes were hinted at rather than shown explicitly. Recommended.
55 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you don't like films that are straight to the point or show things exactly how they are without the gloss then I'd avoid this but otherwise I'd definitely recommend you view it. This is a film full of the gritty truth that is teenage life and isn't just another glossy hollywood export. It doesn't deny what really goes on behind closed doors or make things appear so much better than they are. If you want a real view of teenagers then maybe this is the one for you.
Of course there are always going to be the critics that say this is practically pornography and in a way they have a point. The difference is that this isn't designed to tittilate, it's designed to show reality. Sex is something that teenagers go through and this is something that is explored here along with realtionships with family and friends. It's about that phase in life where you are experimenting and learning who you are. Of course some difficult themes arise along the way such as that of suicide and so there are some scenes you may find disturbing. If you really look closely though it seems that this is only on the surface and if you look past all that there is a very touching and profound story there. Overall I feel this is a film which should be taken seriously and given the credit it deserves.
It follows on from films such as 'Kids' and 'Bully' and is along the same kind of lines in what it deals with. I'd definitely recommend you give it a go unless you are someone who is easily offended because I think there is a valuable message here.
The DVD is a good quality and, even though it's imported, it is easy enough to change the settings to English and suchlike so that is nothing to worry about. It is well worth watching because it has a real point behind it. Give it a try, you might be a little shocked at first but you won't be dissapointed.
Of course there are always going to be the critics that say this is practically pornography and in a way they have a point. The difference is that this isn't designed to tittilate, it's designed to show reality. Sex is something that teenagers go through and this is something that is explored here along with realtionships with family and friends. It's about that phase in life where you are experimenting and learning who you are. Of course some difficult themes arise along the way such as that of suicide and so there are some scenes you may find disturbing. If you really look closely though it seems that this is only on the surface and if you look past all that there is a very touching and profound story there. Overall I feel this is a film which should be taken seriously and given the credit it deserves.
It follows on from films such as 'Kids' and 'Bully' and is along the same kind of lines in what it deals with. I'd definitely recommend you give it a go unless you are someone who is easily offended because I think there is a valuable message here.
The DVD is a good quality and, even though it's imported, it is easy enough to change the settings to English and suchlike so that is nothing to worry about. It is well worth watching because it has a real point behind it. Give it a try, you might be a little shocked at first but you won't be dissapointed.
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WASTE OF LIFE
THIS FILM IS A STINKER,SENSELESS,POINTLESS RUBBISH,PUT IT STRAIGHT INTO THE BIN,ITS ABOUT DOPEHEAD KIDS BAD SEX SCENES AND NOT MUCH ELSE,BUT THE CASE IT CAME IN IS WORTH KEEPING.
Published 26 days ago by LEN.P
I wanted to give no stars - just horrible
Admittedly I bought this on the basis that it had explicit sex scenes, and the film has its share of those. They are not worth the price of the DVD and some are merely tawdry. Read more
Published 5 months ago by jelly 1960
Hard to watch
This is a tough movie to review. Really tough. To be honest, I completely flipped my opinion about it at least 4 times whilst watching it. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jack
An excellent film
Where to begin.
From the shock start through some very real parts (difficult to watch sceens).
You really become invested in each of the people involved. Read more
From the shock start through some very real parts (difficult to watch sceens).
You really become invested in each of the people involved. Read more
Published 8 months ago by DUG
The Ultimate version 98 min from "czech-out"
At last - this version from "czech-out" described as "ultimate version 98 mins" is the best version I have seen - in tracking if "uncut" is really true. Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. Coy
Not as good as KIDS, just more explicit
This is a light but non easy on the eye documentary styled film, delving into teenage life. There are some explicit sex scenes as the teens rebel and experiment, fighting back... Read more
Published 8 months ago by T. BROOKES
AMERICAN PIE
Strange issue censorship...i as a viewer am pretty much disconnected to appalling imagery.You know youtube deaths,torture porn not to mention emotional pornography from horrendous... Read more
Published 8 months ago by mister joe
Tasteless and Nauseating
I am normally repulsed by the very idea of censorship. When I heard that the maker of "Kids" was having trouble with the Australian Censorship Board, it made me all the more... Read more
Published 9 months ago by James Caldwell
misery and angst
Maybe I just was not in the right mood but watching lots of miserable teenagers do miserable things to and with each other just was not enjoyable . Real life ???? Read more
Published 9 months ago by cartoon
What's the point?
I've seen Kids and I really liked it. Generation X kind of thing. Now with Ken Park it's almost the same, but I didn't get any point or message from the film. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Lord Anon
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