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1.

A comparison

10/10
Author: shay_loves_hayden on 13 May 2003
2.

Very powerfull statement against drugs.

9/10
Author: Michiel Waaijer (michiel.waaijer@gmail.com) on 26 February 2000
3.

Very scary and realistic movie. As real as it gets.

10/10
Author: bobi1369 on 3 August 2006
4.

Another heroin-addict diary...

7/10
Author: Henry Fields (kikecam@teleline.es) on 22 August 2004
5.

Best anti-drug movie I have ever seen

10/10
Author: Thomas Ferreira on 25 July 2000
6.

Not just another kid/drug movie

10/10
Author: Boyo-2 on 10 February 1999
7.

Every teenaged kid should watch this film!

10/10
Author: David Vardy on 24 August 2006
8.

A Powerful Indictment Against Drug Addiction...

8/10
Author: ijonesiii on 27 December 2005
9.

A good adaption of a book of the tragic life of Jim Carrol

8/10
Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) on 12 November 2003
10.

St. Vitus' Dance

7/10
Author: jotix100 on 26 June 2004
11.

DeCaprio Was Brilliant

7/10
Author: the_ghost_of_me on 6 July 2004
12.

A powerful and adamant message against drug abuse

10/10
Author: tripwires on 13 December 2001
13.

A solid flick, with good young DiCaprio performance, good and worth-seeing

8/10
Author: PersianPlaya408 on 27 August 2005
14.

A Sorry True Story

Author: joe elliott on 26 September 1999
15.

An Important Movie

10/10
Author: Area51 (going-underground@gmx.net) on 19 September 2002
16.

From a mother of a kid on drugs

10/10
Author: tlinda on 17 November 2002
17.

Most underrated film ever!

10/10
Author: corey (cb_roache) on 14 June 2007
18.

A lurid, dark portrait of modern youth.

8/10
Author: rory0 on 29 March 2007
19.

Redemption?

5/10
Author: tom1994 on 12 May 2006
20.

love the honesty here

10/10
Author: Patricia Surrey (shnookyukums@webtv.net) on 6 June 1999
21.

Spoiler

10/10
Author: drumass666 on 19 April 2001
22.

a message to be given

10/10
Author: bailey-17 on 30 December 1998
23.

Don't Blame this Movie for Real-Life School Violence

Author: Ddey65 on 5 January 2000
24.

Great performances by all, in the true story of Jim Carroll..

Author: famousgir1 on 16 September 2001
25.

Great Story. Way Above Average For Its Genre

8/10
Author: Kyle Hodgdon on 29 November 2009
26.

Basketball and Dope

9/10
Author: bkoganbing on 1 February 2009
27.

Good Leo in watchable but flawed drugs drama

Author: long-ford on 29 January 2009
28.

One of DiCaprio's only good performance's, but the script stinks

6/10
Author: Idocamstuf on 8 September 2003
29.

The Basketball Diaries Plot Summery

10/10
Author: HiltonHeadHottie on 31 August 2005
30.

Fantastic book,awful film

2/10
Author: pandaeyes42 on 23 April 2005
31.

The Basketball Diaries — How low can a street kid go

10/10
Author: Avid Climber on 15 May 2013
32.

Underrated... In a good way

10/10
Author: Sarah Mueller on 4 December 2012
33.

Basketball Memoirs

9/10
Author: Kazuya_Ryuzaki on 7 January 2012
34.

One seriously confronting movie about the world of heroin

8/10
Author: david-sarkies on 14 October 2011
35.

Hoop Terrors

7/10
Author: jzappa on 7 September 2011
36.

Movie = 7/10 Acting = 10 out of 10

8/10
Author: dan wade on 16 July 2011
37.

"don't forget this fact, you can't get it back"

9/10
Author: RainDogJr on 21 February 2011
38.

Well-acted, but poorly executed

3/10
Author: tomgillespie2002 on 13 February 2011
39.

Great movie but a terrible adaptation of the book

Author: gfdunn on 7 January 2011
40.

Truly believable

10/10
Author: Laura England on 4 January 2011
41.

People as they are

8/10
Author: Raul Faust on 11 November 2010
42.

Lacks in some areas but makes up for it in others

7/10
Author: Terrell Howell (KnightsofNi11) on 10 August 2010
43.

does what it needs to do- tell us a mostly tragic and sometimes inspirational story- with talent and verve

9/10
Author: MisterWhiplash on 22 July 2010
44.

A must see, if only for Dicaprio's powerful, intense and truly haunting performance

8/10
Author: lbabe29 on 4 June 2010
45.

In the next life, Father, *I'm* holding the paddle

7/10
Author: Grann-Bach (Grann-Bach@jubii.dk) on 25 February 2010
46.

Jim Carroll's autobiographical account of his descent in to drug hell.

7/10
Author: JohnRouseMerriottChard on 7 March 2009
47.

Every punk on the block says it's not going to happen to them...

8/10
Author: Dragoneyed363 on 9 December 2008
48.

Basketball Rocks!!!!!!!

8/10
Author: shafatqadri on 12 October 2008
49.

A great actor.

10/10
Author: tamimarie228 on 10 October 2008
50.

Best Leonardo DiCaprio performance

10/10
Author: kurciasbezdalas on 21 September 2008

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