It's an accomplished debut, with compelling performances (especially from Ratterman) and a script that refuses to draw easy conclusions about any of its characters.
I showed it to my 17-year-old son and he was mildly horrified. Now that three decades have passed since its release, I think we can all agree that Larry Clark's Kids was not a good film.
"Ari Aster's smart but frustrating satire looks back at the pandemic with a misanthropic lens, recasting hopeful aspirations as infantile and naive while identifying Covid as the genesis of our current nightmare."