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Washington Post
There's little momentum, no real story line, just Carroll's tediously inevitable descent from low to lowest. Full Review
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
Basketball Diaries is an earnest, botched effort to do justice to Carroll's book. Amazingly, though, even with Kalvert's lack of style and vision, the greatness of DiCaprio's performance is undiminished. Full Review
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
It's a tough, intense, wrenching picture about drugs and growing up and surviving, driven by a fierce, skinless performance by its star, Leonardo DiCaprio. Full Review
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
The tale related here isn't all that original, but the honest presentation lends impact to a wrenching scenario. Full Review
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
The star shines, but the movie is hard to watch. Full Review
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