I don't think Kids was as bad as i thought it was going to be. But that could be for a few reasons.
One being the hype surrounding it has been exaggerated by overprotected and naive parents. And the second being that I'm from a generation where this kind of behaviour is a lot more common than it was when Kids was made, and it appears a lot more in modern media.
With television programmes like Skins which often glamorise the use of drugs and casual sex, and more and more stories about date rape at parties and clubs, the events in Kids aren't really surprising or shocking.
I think films which emphasise the consequences of 'Bad Behaviour', can only be good for audiences. As most of them are extremely accurate, you can see their effects without having to experience them.
It took a while to find a good review of the film but here it is, by James Berardinelli from 1995. http://www.reelviews.net/movies/k/kids.html
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