A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Stephanie Di Rubbo
- Shaneek
- (as Stefanie Di Rubbo)
Queen Eve Kate Ajike-Godadam
- Carleen
- (as Kate-Line Okoro)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Success of this film inspired director Noel Clarke to produce a sequel "Adulthood" in 2008,a new instalment is in the works appropriately named "Brotherhood" and is the final film in the series
- GoofsThe knife cutting Trevor did to cut a "C" on Curtis's buyer's cheek should've taken a lot longer to cut than it did.
- SoundtracksWater Torture
Performed by CeeWhy, featuring Tommy Evans and Jehst
Featured review
Kidulthood is an energetic snap shot of wasted youth in London that's flawed, but definitely interesting.
For the most part, the young cast (except for a very hammy jamie winstone) give strong, naturalistic performances-particularly noel clarke whos shocking turn as the local badman sam, will instantly make you forget clarkes "oafish boyfriend" routine on doctor who. What gives the performances a higher level of authenticity is the slang and profanity heavy dialogue that serves as an accurate representation of how the kids talk these days (you don't know how old i feel writing that!).
However the films mission to keep things as raw and gritty as possible ends up as its down fall- the script tries so hard to make the kids seem so reckless and hedonistic that the trouble they get into just gets unrealistic and shocking for the sake of being shocking after a while. Also, the story is very predictable- you will know how this one turns out , not even halfway through its running time .
Kidulthood doesn't come close to being as good as the likes of city of god or La haine, but its a well acted drama that I have to commend for trying to show a side of London that many other local films choose to ignore.
For the most part, the young cast (except for a very hammy jamie winstone) give strong, naturalistic performances-particularly noel clarke whos shocking turn as the local badman sam, will instantly make you forget clarkes "oafish boyfriend" routine on doctor who. What gives the performances a higher level of authenticity is the slang and profanity heavy dialogue that serves as an accurate representation of how the kids talk these days (you don't know how old i feel writing that!).
However the films mission to keep things as raw and gritty as possible ends up as its down fall- the script tries so hard to make the kids seem so reckless and hedonistic that the trouble they get into just gets unrealistic and shocking for the sake of being shocking after a while. Also, the story is very predictable- you will know how this one turns out , not even halfway through its running time .
Kidulthood doesn't come close to being as good as the likes of city of god or La haine, but its a well acted drama that I have to commend for trying to show a side of London that many other local films choose to ignore.
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- Also known as
- Đứa Trẻ Bụi Đời
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- Budget
- £600,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $849,650
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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