Review of Hoop Dreams (1994) by Joey T — 09 Aug 2015
Hoop Dreams doesn't treat its documentary material like a traditional documentary would. Though they're there, the interview sound bites aren't excessive, and the film doesn't bother overloading the audience with facts and statistics.
Rather, Hoop Dreams presents its subject in the most real way possible, following these people and letting us see their struggle to get a strong sense of who they are. This leads to Hoop Dreams not only being one of the most absorbing documentaries ever produced, but also one of the most absorbing films period for its ability to make you care for the subject manner and people in a way that even most fictional films fail to do.
This review of Hoop Dreams (1994) was written by Joey T on 09 Aug 2015.
Hoop Dreams has generally received very positive reviews.
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