The themes are set up and then completely pushed into the background in exchange for almost endless dribble that feels more like a first time attempt of a film student rather than an actual film...
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07/10/07
Wassup Rockers (2006)
36 %
Reviews Counted: 50 Fresh: 18 Rotten:32 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Consensus:
As usual with Clark's films, the fixation on kids is rather creepy, plus the plot eventually runs off the rails into camp.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Synopsis: In 1995, photographer Larry Clark burst onto the indie scene with the controversial KIDS, a tough, realistic look at a group of teenagers hanging around the seamier side of New York City, getting involved in sex and drugs amid the AIDS crisis. A decade later, Clark (BULLY, KEN PARK) went across... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Yunior Usualdo Panameno, Carlos Ramirez, Jonathan Velasquez, Milton Velasquez, Iris Zelaya
Director: Larry Clark
Screenwriter: Larry Clark
Producer: Larry Clark, Terry Spazek, Ramon Salgado, Henry Winterstern, Kevin Turen, Patrick Meehan
Screenwriter: Larry Clark
Producer: Larry Clark, Terry Spazek, Ramon Salgado, Henry Winterstern, Kevin Turen, Patrick Meehan
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08/06/06
A documentary about these kids could have been terrific, but Clark involves them in a clunkily scripted melodrama instead.
07/20/06
Clark's vision of Los Angeles, where extravagant fantasies and inner-city social issues wildly intersect.
07/20/06
Makes you wish Clark had quit trying to cook up adventures for his cast and made a straight documentary instead.
07/20/06
Even Clark's fans probably won't be surprised to hear the result is a low-key, pervy mess.
07/14/06
The initially realistic drama takes a turn into the truly bizarre and surreal. At that point, the film becomes a grotesque, nearly unwatchable cartoon.
07/14/06
It may not dig very deep, but it has a certain grubby charm, and it doesn't overplay its hand.
07/09/06
Tries to say something profound about these kids, while oversimplifying the world around them to the point of ridiculousness.
07/07/06
Steeped in urban-youth woes but gets a bounce from Clark's sense of humor and hope.
07/07/06
The main characters may be refreshingly cliché-free, but almost everyone they meet in Beverly Hills is a stilted cartoon.
07/07/06
This is an improvement in some ways, but losing the edginess also means there's nothing special about this film.
07/07/06
What might have been a fascinating, intimate portrait turns into something much less compelling when Clark tries to impose a sex-and-action-packed narrative on the proceedings.
07/06/06
This film is neither controversial nor interesting enough to warrant much attention either way.
07/05/06
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