The Basketball Diaries
A teenager discovers his hopes becoming a basketball star diminish after he dives into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
28 April 1949, New York City, New York, USA
23 August 1977, Burbank, California, USA
24 August 1948, Houston, Texas, USA
1 August 1949, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
2 October 1954, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
5 June 1971, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
26 March 1966, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
24 October 1969, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
22 January 1930, London, England, UK
20 March 1970, New York City, New York, USA
17 March 1976, Gainesville, Florida, USA
23 September 1941
17 December 1945, Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
9 December 1966, Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
25 July 1963, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
11 November 1974, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 February 1944, Bronx, New York, USA
14 July 1946, Bronx, New York, USA
October 16, 2010
An uncomfortable experience, to say the least. But also quite rewarding.
March 24, 2008
Significantly, the movie keeps the hero's reformation offscreen as well as unexplained; it's more interested in shock effects than in candor or elucidation.
February 13, 2001
Although it masquerades as a cautionary tale about the horrors of heroin, this epic of teen-age angst is more accurately seen as a reverential wallow in the gutter of self-absorption.
July 07, 2010
Bleak, depressing independent film making with an incredible performance by Leonardo Di Caprio, The Basketball Diaries shows that, if anything, it is the company you keep that will eventually lead to your downfall.
July 01, 2011
What almost saves the muddled pic from fouling out is the raw dynamic performance by Leonardo DiCaprio... .
March 24, 2008
For those few soul-freezing moments, you get a glimpse of the great actor Leonardo DiCaprio is going to be.
January 26, 2006
The angel-faced DiCaprio is a gifted actor, but he lacks the authority and physical presence to keep us with him.
January 01, 2011
Stark tale of teen drug abuse and delinquency.
May 12, 2001
You leave The Basketball Diaries believing that Leonardo DiCaprio can do anything.
May 31, 2010
It was impossible in The Basketball Diaries not to take notice of DiCaprio's seemingly undauntable talent, as he channeled the tortures of the drug-addicted damned. [Blu-ray]
August 30, 2004
The star shines, but the movie is hard to watch.
