As a film buff I rate this as a well edited, pacey, incident filled and coherent 90 minutes that is deservedly a commercial success. As a Londoner I recognise that it provides a welcome break from the light comedy romance featuring toffs in very nice houses style of cinema we have seen too much of. Some of the characters and the situations reminds me of my own days at an inner-London comp. The film works and justifies itself by this alone, but I could not help wishing for more. The main characters are either victims, psychos, bastards, saps or stupid. Its the same for its sequel Adulthood. The audience this film is aimed at (the same ones in the film) could do with something a little more aspirational, a little more ambitious. Noel Clarke after having written and starred in the film has escaped the dead end lives of the people he writes about, so he should offer the audience some hope too.
Review of Kidulthood
