SpuffyWeb
Sadly Over-hyped
Tockinit
not horrible nor great
Brightlyme
i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.
Kirpianuscus
it is the basic sin and virtue of this experiment who seems have as purpose only to use the sex and violence as challenges for the sensitivity of the public. this desire transforms the story in a convention or sketch about family, teenagers, needs, freedom, chaos. and this is it. sure, nothing surprising. but "Ken Park" has not a precise direction. it could be reduced as a show in which the voyeurism is axis. the generous theme - the storm of feelings, desires, self image of teenagers becomes only a pretext. and not the explicit sexual scenes are the problem, not the violence but the absence of meanings. result - a not comfortable film because every expectation of public falls.
BA_Harrison
Larry Clark, who made the controversial teenage sex drama 'Kids', goes one step further with Ken Park by actually filming explicit sex scenes performed by a cast who look a lot younger than they actually are.Mix in the occasional moment of extreme violence, and the result is a shocking and sometimes uncomfortable viewing experience that makes one sometimes question the makers' motives. Is Ken Park a serious study of adolescent life in the modern world, a brave attempt at seeing exactly how far the boundaries of cinema can be pushed, or just a source of cheap titillation for pervs? I don't have the answer—but I do have my suspicions.The film opens with the bloody suicide of the title character (played by Adam Chubbuck), and then goes on to follow the lives of several other teenagers: Shawn (James Bullard), who is secretly banging his girlfriend's mother; Claude (Stephen Jasso), a skateboarder with a drunk bully of a father; Peaches (Tiffany Limos), a pretty girl experimenting with sex, whose bible-thumping dad believes her to be pure—until he catches her indulging in a spot of the nasty; and psycho Tate—messed-up mad masturbator and, ultimately, murderer.Ken Park's narrative is a collection of disparate ideas, connected only by the theme of dis-functionality in the family unit; the story cuts randomly from one character to another and by the end of the film, not much has really been resolved. However, the film is never boring thanks to good performances from all involved—and all that deviancy, of course.Some may argue that this is just porn disguised as art; others may argue that the film just captures the reality of life, of which sex is just a part. However, one thing is certain—this is a gutsy movie from a brave bunch of risk-taking film-makers, and one that you won't forget in a hurry.
Niklas Pivic
Due to all the controversy that surrounded this film - where I live, in Sweden, posters that advertised the film were actually removed from subway carts as one could see a boy going down on a woman - I have somehow let that silliness seep into my mind; while watching this quite beautiful, mobile still life, I wondered exactly what it was, that made people go insane from this film.I mean, the sexuality is just part of human life, right? The start of the film - no spoilers here - was much more disturbing.Having written that, I really liked this film. It's written by Harmony Korine, which does give some details away. Young persons are on display, seemingly directed by dictator parents, possible exception being Tate, a person who yells at his grandmother and isn't the most sociable character.Interesting throughout, it's a bite of life and a good watch.
Alexander Werner
The movie is about teenagers, in essence still being kids, trying to cope with serious problems of their surrounding by engaging in sex. The lack of basic love, respect and understanding push kids to each other, and the only thing that can give them warmth is sex.Abuse of Shawn by his girlfriend's mother. Abusive father, a drunkard and a bum, sexually attacking another boy. Crazy father, seeing only his dead wife in his daughter and preventing the new events from coming into their lives. It is a great movie, and it is a pity that only sexual scenes came on the radar of the people in charge.I gave it 10 out of 10.
