Product Details

• Actors: Aml Ameen, Red Madrell, Noel Clarke, Adam Deacon, Jaime Winstone
• Directors: Menhaj Huda
• Writers: Noel Clarke
• Producers: Alexandra Stone, Amir Madani, Clark N. Anthony, Damian Jones, Douglas Lochhead
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 11, 2008
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001DWNUCE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,176 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Kidulthood" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Genre: Feature Film Urban Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 11-NOV-2008
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must SEE!, August 17, 2010

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Touch of Class - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kidulthood (DVD)

Extreme Teen film very well made and directed! Dealing with the streets of the U.K. this film was impressing in that it kept your attention from beginning to end. No doubt filled with controversy and plagued with foul language this film deals with suicide, drugs, sex and all of the temptations out there tempting our youth today. An interesting take as a U.S. viewer to see many of the same problems in England. One of the main actors (to the best of my knowledge) also directed this. Not one I would recommend for Children but worth watching for sure. A few parts will make you cringe especially if you are a parent. Thanks for reading :)

5.0 out of 5 stars Modern culture expressed through the eyes of the modern youth., October 2, 2011

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Liam "I don't believe in making wishes. I bel... (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kidulthood (DVD)

I can understand why some in various online reviews that I have seen scattered across websites have dismissed the movie as 'lacking' and 'chavvy', and I once thought the same... But that was several years ago before I opened my eyes to the world a little more.

The movie is a portrayal of a mix of characters from West London, and follows inner city life of gang culture were the gap between the rich and poor is considerably high. It examines a minority (but growing) of a youth scene and puts us in their shoes as it portrays a day in their lives, boredom which is filled with alcohol, drugs, and violence with the only motivation to survive for the next day. The movie does not beat around the bush with its portrayal and condenses many possible troubles the youth now faces in a single day, including gang violence, drug and alcohol abuse, teenage pregnancy, suicide, bullying, murder, prostitution, and much more. It is quite easy to dismiss those within this culture as the 'dregs of society', but instead this movie forces me to re-examine my position on that, and makes me look for the various and numerous socio-economic reasons as to why this snapshot of British youth is the way it is.

Even the rather obvious portmanteau of 'Kid' and 'Adulthood' should portray what this movie is about rather clearly -- Kids, just kids, who are thrust into something no kid should ever have to deal with, who are forced to grow up faster than they should.

With the growing rates in gang crime and some of the worst gang violence in British history, teenage birth rates in Europe, and growing suicide rates, this movie is just the sucker punch of reality that is needed.

I needn't review the plot as the plot can be read better than I could put into detail here on sites such as Wikipedia, but instead I think I will leave it as my opinion on the message it wishes to evoke.

It is a brave movie to have made, and for me at least, works 100%.

5.0 out of 5 stars New London!, January 20, 2010

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Shantella Sherman "drshan" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kidulthood (DVD)

As a cultural historian, this is the first film since To Sir with Love to attempt a serious examination of British popular culture through its youth. Not surprisinlgy, the young people are vulgar, violent, and way too casual about both drug use and sexual liaisons. They are an honest lot and pretty reflective of what New Brit culture is. In addition to shining a spotlight on young people, Kidulthood exposes the adults around them who facilitate and profit from their behaviors. Kidulthood is demonstrative of an "of-age" society too engrossed in themselves to bear witness to the slow demise of their own children, often at the exploitive hands of bullies, adult sex fiends, and criminals. Noel Clarke is an absolute beast in this film -- and beautiful in every regard being so.