Kidulthood (2006)

Director:

Menhaj Huda

Writer:

Noel Clarke (writer)

Release Date:

3 March 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Before adulthood comes...

Plot:

A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London. |

Plot Keywords:

Suspected Homosexual | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Fighting | Teenager | Party

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Aml Ameen	...	Trife
Red Madrell	...	Alisa
Noel Clarke	...	Sam
Jaime Winstone	...	Becky
Adam Deacon	...	Jay
Femi Oyeniran	...	Moony
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Ajala	...	Desmond
Richard Angol	...	Short Dred
Tom Burroughs	...	Hamish
Sam Callis	...	Security Guard
Stephen Da Costa	...	Rupert
Toby Dantzic	...	Shop Assistant
Ortis Deley	...	Derek
Madeleine Fairley	...	Claire
Alexander Hanson	...	The Manager
Nicholas Hoult	...	Blake
Sushil Hunjan	...	Nisha
Cornell John	...	Uncle Curtis
Kate Magowan	...	Stella
Rebecca Martin	...	Katie
Pierre Mascolo	...	Andreas
Ben McKay	...	Rapper
Hannah Miles	...	Mrs. Fineal
Ray Panthaki	...	Mark
Bhasker Patel	...	Shopkeeper
Paul Putner
David Schaal	...	Cab Driver
Rafe Spall	...	Lenny
Christopher Villiers	...	Mr. Fineal
Natalie Wright	...	Debby

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA | UK:15 | New Zealand:R18 | Finland:K-15 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:16 | Ireland:18

Filming Locations:

Ladbroke Grove Underground Station, Notting Hill, London, England, UK

Company:

Stealth Films Limited

Trivia:

When Trife and Jay are playing on the PlayStation, a collection of WWE Wrestlemania DVDs can be seen on his shelf.

Quotes:

Uncle Curtis: [to Trife, holding a knife] I want you to carve a "c" from the corner of his eye to the corner of his mouth.

Movie Connections:

References Enter the Dragon (1973)

Soundtrack:

Jus' a Rascal

Good film - absurdly low rating

Like one of the other reviewers on this site I am going to vote 10 out of 10 for Kidulthood to try to redress the anomaly of its incredibly low score. Something is surely wrong with the IMDb system when most of the reviews on the site are positive yet the film has such a low rating. Anyway I thought Kidulthood was a very realistic 'urban streetkids' film which captured perfectly the style, speech and violence that happens every day around London's inner city schools. I thought the acting was absolutely fine especially considering the age of most of the actors - have those criticising the actors actually seen the way that teenage kids behave because I think they were all very believable. The film was tense, violent and gripping and is a nice London take on the issues of teenage gang violence.