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10/22/05
Kids in America (2005)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:6
Rotten:27
Average Rating:4.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Based on real events, Kids In America is a teen comedy about a diverse group of high school kids who band together to peacefully kick their principal's ass. Boasting an impressive cast of both... [More]
Starring: Samantha Mathis, Elizabeth Perkins, Gregory Smith, Crystal Grant
Director: Josh Stolberg
Reviews for Kids in America
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10/22/05
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10/29/05
Why did anyone bother making a teen movie after Heathers? No, really, why?
10/28/05
A muddled mess whose message gets lost in the confusion.
10/21/05
Leaving the expression of 17 year-olds to the care of 35 year-old men is a good pathway to mediocrity, and a sure promise of insufferable, bogus screenwriting.
10/23/05
Proceeds to rip off every teen flick from Heathers to Napoleon Dynamite.
10/18/05
Like a bad episode of 'Saved by the Bell: the Next Generation' as filtered through 'Free to Be, You and Me'
10/20/05
You get the exhausting feeling that Stolberg is desperately trying to prove how cool he is.
10/21/05
occasionally approaches a provocative topic... only to scurry back into the safety zone of slapstick and put-downs.
10/22/05
Makes the mistake of thinking it's a lot funnier and a lot more clever than it actually is.
10/21/05
Short on real teenage angst and emotion, the film is long on caricatures.
10/20/05
'Rock 'n' Roll High School' rejiggered for idealists, with the youngsters mobilizing for gay rights and freedom of speech instead of sneaking off to the Ramones.
10/21/05
Would be easier to root for if it weren't so very pleased with itself.
10/21/05
Top CriticA comedy so inane and tedious that it buries its premise and its various worthy points under too many arch and improbable shenanigans and endless dialogue, much of it seriously under-inspired.
10/20/05
Top CriticEven after 18 years of seeing every movie that plays here, I’m still surprised by some films. I even gave this one conflicting ratings.
11/02/05
While a title card at the beginning of the picture says the story is inspired by true events, it really should read, 'Inspired by another film.'
10/21/05
Filmmaker Josh Stolberg claims to have been inspired by real-life events, but mostly he ineptly rips off other movies and wastes a cast that includes Rosanna Arquette, Adam Arkin and Elizabeth Perkins.
10/21/05
The screenplay tries to shake too many trees and ends up preaching - stabbing at straw men rather than taking the time to investigate problems with the education system.
10/22/05
The movie delivers little more than fast reflex laughs.
10/20/05
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