Kids in America (2005)

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Starring

• Nicole Richie as Kelly Stepford
• Gregory Smith
• Julie Bowen
• Genevieve Cortese
• Adam Arkin
• George Wendt
• Caitlin Wachs
• Emy Coligado

Movie Story

KIDS IN AMERICA is a reality-based comedy-drama about the experiences of young people in modern-day America. Set in the fictional Booker High School a diverse group of students are tired of seeing their freedoms taken away. They band together and change their world by empowering themselves and their community to protect freedoms of expression and speech. Holden Donovan (Gregory Smith) is fed up with Principal Weller (Julie Bowen) who goes to great lengths to stop the students from exercising their right to free expression. She expels a young woman for passing out condoms and advocating safe sex on national "safe sex" day and suspends two boys who were kissing in the hallway. Meanwhile, she is running for the Superintendent of their school district, which will give her a chance to practice her brand of administration beyond Booker High School. The students have an ally in Mr. Drucker (Malik Yoba) one of their teachers who encourages them to fight for their rights.

He pays a price for his leadership and is fired by Principal Weller. He decides to use his dismissal to make a change of his own, by producing a documentary chronicling the experiences of students who are faced with similar issues. As the story unfolds, Donovan befriends a group of kids including love interest Charlotte (Stephanie Sherrin), Lawrence (the gay boy caught in the act in the hallway), Chuck, Walanda, Emy and Katy. Together they organize the student body to eventually take action and make change. They organize a campaign to inform the voting adult community of the principal's antics and ultimately Weller looses her election and is forced to leave Booker High.

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Reader's Reviews

one of the best movies i've ever seen! it is brilliant! and it makes a political statement. this movie pushes you to fight for what you belive in, and not to sit down watching other people force you to inspire lower instead of higher and by doing that they condemn you to mediocrity. this movie will make you stand up and shout, shout about everything that is twisted and wrong in our society! it shows that teenagers are powerful and that we don't care about the true meaningful subjects. i recommend this movie for anyone to see, you will not be dissapointed. after watching this movie you will feel like you too have the power to change 'da world! i can only hope that you will see the best of it as i did. yours truly stav

posted by stavi8 on Jan 04, 2008

i meant: "it shows that teenagers are powerful and that we do care about the true meaningful subjecs"

posted by stavi8 on Jan 04, 2008

like the poster above me this also was my favorite movie in all time. i work in a video store and one day i was going through the movies that not alot of ppl rent and i found this one. i it the best film i have ever seen. but i do not really care what other people say about it. everyone has thier own views on the movies they love.

posted by Doug on Apr 08, 2007

this is the best movie i have ever seen. the people who dont agree with it just arnt right. it teaches us that we do have freedom and if people dont think we do. we can change it. even if somethings go wrong. we can and we wil change how much freedom we have.

posted by Kimsterr on Dec 23, 2006