In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Carmelo Anthony. A decade later, Lenny has never played a minute in the NBA. In this quintessentially American documentary, filmmaking brothers Joshua and Benny Safdie track the unfulfilled destiny of a man for whom superstardom was only just out of reach.
Lenny Cooke has generally received positive reviews.
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Lenny Cooke was released in 2013 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 29 reviews, giving Lenny Cooke (2013) an average rating of 68%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 78%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 71%.
With a score of 68%, Lenny Cooke is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2013, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2013 with similar scores include films like The Croods, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and World War Z.
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