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Ken Park

2002

Larry Clark, Edward Lachman

James Bullard, Tiffany Limos, Stephen Jasso, James Ransone ...

5.6

9,122

Drama Set in the central California town of Visalia, a secret life of youth is exposed, where teens are doing things that their parents would rather not think they even know about, let alone do. "Ken Park" is about four families in Visalia, California, about 3 young boys and a girl who has been friends since they were little, and about how they handle (or not handle) their lives and relationship to their parents. Like in Larry Clark's earlier ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"I can’t imagine Ken Park being anywhere near as tolerable as it is without the tender and surreal uplift of its brilliant bookends (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"[It] moves between deadpan farce, emotional and physical violence and moments of surprising tenderness."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Beautifully crafted but emotionally dispiriting and alienating in its insistence on spotlighting only the negative aspects of life"	NEU

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