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100
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Critic Score

46
Critics' score based on 19 reviews.
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January 16,2012
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The tale related here isn't all that original, but the honest presentation lends impact to a wrenching scenario.Full Review

James Berardinelli
ReelViews

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

Hal Hinson
Washington Post

[Kalvert] best serves the movie by simply focusing on DiCaprio, who communicates the spirit and blunt truth of the diaries even when the movie keeps trying to soften the blow.Full Review

Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

It's an energetic, watchable mess.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

The movie is unconvincing. At the end, Jim is seen going in through a "stage door," and then we hear him telling the story of his descent and recovery. We can't tell if this is supposed to be genuine testimony or a performance. That's the problem with the whole movie.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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