9. Ken Park (2002)
Written by Harmony Korine and directed by Larry "I'm a pervert who likes to wallow in adolescent sexuality" Clark, Ken Park is a very naturalistic depiction of the poor, sorry lives of a group of troubled teens. Shawn - the most normal of the teens - is having an affair with his girlfriend's mother. Everyone is blissfully unaware of this fact. Claude has a dreadful alcoholic father who physically, verbally and emotionally abuses him and his pregnant mother. He attempts to perform fellatio on Claude one night when he comes in drunk and Claude rightly flees the house as fast as the wind. Peaches lives with her ultra religious father who sees her as the embodiment of her dead mother. After catching Peaches having sex with a boy, he forces her into a semi-incestuous wedding with himself. Tate is an utter nutter who practises auto-erotic asphyxiation and kills his grandparents with whom he lives. This murderous act is sexually stimulating for him. There are lots of perverted no holds barred sex scenes in Ken Park which is pretty predictable given the director's previous form. There are a few erect willies, masturbation scenes and threesomes. The main perverted thrill seems to be the fact that it is teenagers who are doing all the sex action. Clark seems chiefly concerned with pushing the limits of sexual content in his films. It is not a bad movie and it is fairly engaging but you have to admit Clark's obsession with pervy teenagers is just a little bit creepy.