Review of Hoop Dreams (1994) by Jens T — 05 May 2012
Steve James' Hoop Dreams is an extraordinary documentary because it deals with real life and real dreams in this it's becoming the greatest Basketball star ever playing in NBA. We follow two african-american boys at the same age, William Gates and Arthur Agee from the age of 14 to 18. From the beginning of high school to graduation. But living in a black community, with all the crime, drugs and poverty is a real obstacle for our heroes. We also gets stories from other unfortunate people with the same dream.
Hoop Dreams is pretty much like an actual feature film since there is a plot, there are obstacles, there's ups and down. The only difference is that this is real. There no actors, no screenplay, just pure reality. It also shows us the hard society they live in, how families is torn apart, how the society behaves toward black and whites. Hoop Dreams have been given so much critical acclaim because of this. Roger Ebert even ranked this as the best film of the decade. So I end by saying the same as him. Thumbs up.
This review of Hoop Dreams (1994) was written by Jens T on 05 May 2012.
Hoop Dreams has generally received very positive reviews.
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