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Kids in Crime

2022 · 2 seasons

A gritty, slow-burning plunge into teenage recklessness and small-town menace, where every party carries an undercurrent of dread.

Created by
Kenneth Karlstad, Kenneth Karlstad
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jakob Oftebro, Lea Myren, Kristian Repshus
Overview
In small town Norway in 2001, a group of teenagers move in together to sell drugs and party, while their psychopathic roofie dealer breathes down their necks to get paid.

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Created by
Kenneth Karlstad, Kenneth Karlstad
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jakob Oftebro, Lea Myren, Kristian Repshus
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • crime
  • friendship
  • survival
  • power
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Kenneth Karlstad, Kenneth Karlstad
Written by
Audun Fagervold Hansen
Starring
Jakob Oftebro, Lea Myren, Kristian Repshus, Martin Øvrevik
Length
2 seasons, 16 episodes, 21 min each
Network
TV 2 Direkte
Country
Norway
Languages
Norwegian

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