The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.
Downtown '81 has generally received mixed reviews.
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Downtown '81 was released in 2001 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 57 reviews, giving Downtown '81 (2001) an average rating of 60%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 63%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Downtown '81 than critics were.
With a score of 60%, Downtown '81 is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2001, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2001 with similar scores include films like Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Recess: School's Out and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion.
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