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1.
A comparison
Author:
shay_loves_hayden
on 13 May 2003
2.
Very powerfull statement against drugs.
Author:
Michiel Waaijer (michiel.waaijer@gmail.com)
on 26 February 2000
3.
Very scary and realistic movie. As real as it gets.
Author:
bobi1369
on 3 August 2006
4.
Another heroin-addict diary...
Author:
Henry Fields (kikecam@teleline.es)
on 22 August 2004
5.
Best anti-drug movie I have ever seen
Author:
Thomas Ferreira
on 25 July 2000
6.
Not just another kid/drug movie
Author:
Boyo-2
on 10 February 1999
7.
Every teenaged kid should watch this film!
Author:
David Vardy
on 24 August 2006
8.
A Powerful Indictment Against Drug Addiction...
Author:
ijonesiii
on 27 December 2005
9.
A good adaption of a book of the tragic life of Jim Carrol
Author:
Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com)
on 12 November 2003
10.
St. Vitus' Dance
Author:
jotix100
on 26 June 2004
11.
DeCaprio Was Brilliant
Author:
the_ghost_of_me
on 6 July 2004
12.
A powerful and adamant message against drug abuse
Author:
tripwires
on 13 December 2001
13.
A solid flick, with good young DiCaprio performance, good and worth-seeing
Author:
PersianPlaya408
on 27 August 2005
14.
A Sorry True Story
Author:
joe elliott
on 26 September 1999
15.
An Important Movie
Author:
Area51 (going-underground@gmx.net)
on 19 September 2002
16.
From a mother of a kid on drugs
Author:
tlinda
on 17 November 2002
17.
Most underrated film ever!
Author:
corey (cb_roache)
on 14 June 2007
18.
A lurid, dark portrait of modern youth.
Author:
rory0
on 29 March 2007
19.
Redemption?
Author:
tom1994
on 12 May 2006
20.
love the honesty here
Author:
Patricia Surrey (shnookyukums@webtv.net)
on 6 June 1999
21.
Spoiler
Author:
drumass666
on 19 April 2001
22.
a message to be given
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
Author:
Kyle Hodgdon
on 29 November 2009
26.
Basketball and Dope
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
Author:
Idocamstuf
on 8 September 2003
29.
The Basketball Diaries Plot Summery
Author:
HiltonHeadHottie
on 31 August 2005
30.
Fantastic book,awful film
Author:
pandaeyes42
on 23 April 2005
31.
The Basketball Diaries How low can a street kid go
Author:
Avid Climber
on 15 May 2013
32.
Underrated... In a good way
Author:
Sarah Mueller
on 4 December 2012
33.
Basketball Memoirs
Author:
Kazuya_Ryuzaki
on 7 January 2012
34.
One seriously confronting movie about the world of heroin
Author:
david-sarkies
on 14 October 2011
35.
Hoop Terrors
Author:
jzappa
on 7 September 2011
36.
Movie = 7/10 Acting = 10 out of 10
Author:
dan wade
on 16 July 2011
37.
"don't forget this fact, you can't get it back"
Author:
RainDogJr
on 21 February 2011
38.
Well-acted, but poorly executed
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
Author:
Laura England
on 4 January 2011
41.
People as they are
Author:
Raul Faust
on 11 November 2010
42.
Lacks in some areas but makes up for it in others
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
Author:
MisterWhiplash
on 22 July 2010
44.
A must see, if only for Dicaprio's powerful, intense and truly haunting performance
Author:
lbabe29
on 4 June 2010
45.
In the next life, Father, *I'm* holding the paddle
Author:
Grann-Bach (Grann-Bach@jubii.dk)
on 25 February 2010
46.
Jim Carroll's autobiographical account of his descent in to drug hell.
Author:
JohnRouseMerriottChard
on 7 March 2009
47.
Every punk on the block says it's not going to happen to them...
Author:
Dragoneyed363
on 9 December 2008
48.
Basketball Rocks!!!!!!!
Author:
shafatqadri
on 12 October 2008
49.
A great actor.
Author:
tamimarie228
on 10 October 2008
50.
Best Leonardo DiCaprio performance
Author:
kurciasbezdalas
on 21 September 2008
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