The Basketball Diaries (1995)


Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

The Basketball Diaries (1995)

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Released Year: 1995
Runtime: 102 minutes
Directors: Scott Kalvert

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Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

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88
ReelViews - James Berardinelli
The tale related here isn't all that original, but the honest presentation lends impact to a wrenching scenario.
75
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers
[Kalvert] best serves the movie by simply focusing on DiCaprio, who communicates the spirit and blunt truth of the diaries even when the movie keeps trying to soften the blow.
70
Dallas Observer - Unnamed
Kalvert and Goluboff overcome predictability by developing the film's characters and atmosphere instead. The result is a turbocharged ode to the lithe bodies and swaggering souls of boys who believe they're invincible - a glorious love song of youthful self-destructiveness.
67
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman
It's an energetic, watchable mess.
60
Empire - Unnamed
Without rising star DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg this would have been considerably more turgid and unappealing. But their charm allows sympathy and involvement with the characters, despite their efforts towards self-destruction.

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