Review of The Basketball Diaries (1995) by Kenneth Turan for Los Angeles Times — 28 Aug 2002
The Basketball Diaries is a lose-lose proposition. Although it masquerades as a cautionary tale about the horrors of heroin, this epic of teen-age * Angst is more accurately seen as a reverential wallow in the gutter of self-absorption.
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This review of The Basketball Diaries (1995) was written by Kenneth Turan and published by Los Angeles Times on 28 Aug 2002.
The Basketball Diaries has generally received positive reviews.
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