Release Date: December 6th, 2013
Not Yet Rated|1 hr 30 min
Plot Summary
Lenny Cooke, a once top-ranked high-school basketball player, learns a heartbreaking lesson in 2002 when he decides to skip college and place all his hopes on the NBA draft.
Director: Ben Safdie , Joshua Safdie
Genres: Documentary
Production Co: Shop Korn Productions
Lenny Cooke is humbling, as well as a cautionary tale for young people thinking they can make the big time. show more
While it verges on exploitation of the gentle giant at its core, it's also an effective bit of human drama, competently, and sometimes movingly, telling a story that deserves to be told. show more
While a composited scene, in which has-been Lenny lectures his younger self about work ethic and wisdom, has an undeniable poignancy, actual tragedy remains far beyond the film's grasp -- as does any illumination beyond the unsurprising suggestion that Cooke just didn't want success as much as peers like LeBron James. show more
