Satire's too heavy a load for lightweight 'Kids in America'
21st Oct 2005, 11:57 GMT
A well-intentioned attempt to make fun of joyless, sanctimonious authority figures that stifle creativity in public schools, this low-budget comedy ends up trivializing the subject through cutesiness and villains too farcical to believe in.
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