Review of The Basketball Diaries (1995) by Todd Mccarthy for Variety — 07 Oct 2017
The Basketball Diaries is a weak-tea rendition of Jim Carroll's much-admired cult tome about his teenage drug addiction. Leonardo DiCaprio's committed lead performance deserves a better context than this gloss on the source material.
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This review of The Basketball Diaries (1995) was written by Todd Mccarthy and published by Variety on 07 Oct 2017.
The Basketball Diaries has generally received positive reviews.
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