DiCaprio produces a performance very much akin to his Gilbert Grape character, but, by doing so, strengthens this commonly contrasting expressionistic, though realistic, story of juvenile extremities regarding the quandaries of human development.
This review of The Basketball Diaries (1995) was written by Cody V on 28 Mar 2011.
The Basketball Diaries has generally received positive reviews.
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