Ken Park

Ken Park (2002)

  • 43% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 56% of users liked it
    (8,711 ratings)

Filmmaker Larry Clark reunites with Kids screenwriter Harmony Korine, with some additional directorial assistance from cinematographer Ed Lachman, for this look at a group of troubled teens and their guardians living in Southern California. The film opens at a skate park, where a troubled character… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By
Edward Lachman, Larry Clark
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Aug 31, 2002 Wide
On DVD
Nov 10, 2003

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter

    A ragingly controversial feature that makes it very tricky to distinguish between insightful and incite-ful.

  • Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

    Larry Clark's cinema has, if nothing else, very specifically delineated the line drawn by the American court's decency standards under the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act (generally referred to as "2257").

  • Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

    Here, finally, Clark takes the skankiness out of teen sex, making it into a romantic idyll.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    Because the filmmakers cook up an equal number of touching sequences to match their disturbing ones, their portrait of disturbed America comes through clearly and effectively.

  • Dragan Antulov, Draxblog Movie Reviews

    well-shot, but it is the only good thing that could be said about KEN PARK

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Unknown H


    I suppose I am just destined to never understand why people find Larry Clark so goddamn interesting! After enduring Kids and sifting through Bully, I heard about Ken Park and my friend assured me that Clark rights the wrongs of the previous films with this one. Again it was completely… More

  • Brian D


    its a very hard and raw film to either like or hate.But if u seen larry clarks other film then u know what ur getting here. Very graphic sex sence and brutal moments of rage are on the cards here so not for the wreak stomach.Cant say i recommened it because of the subject matter it… More

  • Arash X


    It sure has some disturbing & disgusting scenes but unlike Kids this manages to make a few points imo

  • jd c


    Sick ass film to the extreme. I am not kidding. This is a another hard film to get a hold of, but if you can try to find it. This is another Larry Clark film, the director of "Kids", and it's also his most deranged film yet. Vile and depressing. I feel guilty even… More

  • Alex M


    Filmmaker and pedophile Larry Clark really made something deep with this one. The overall message is about how we never really know what's going on in another person's life, but then there's also so much being said in each side story. Ken Park is unapologetically… More

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