Rich Kids

Noah Baumbach scores a triumph with a coming-of-age story about a teenager whose writer parents are divorcing, exploring the gulf between sexes, generations, art and commerce, and Brooklyn and Manhattan.

In the high-pressure cauldron of New York City, talented students at the High School for the Performing Arts strive to escape poverty, perfect their art, find success, and achieve the ultimate goal: fame.

Director Woodie King Jr. portrays a young boy living in Harlem, who wanders the streets of the city one night, trying to earn the $27 he owes his mother while pondering what led to his father’s disappearance.