Nonactorish

Another good effort, the nonactorish playing of academy troublemakers in The Strange One, is nearly ruined by Gazzara's self-satisfied pantomime and three bit players who use banality to plug up the slapdash generalizing of Willingham's script.

Jennifer Grey (Joel Grey's daughter) is a little guarded and nonactorish, and that works for her in the part of Baby, who's unformed.

With hyper pacing and naturalistic (nonactorish) performances, Kids earns its claimed authenticity.