The Basketball Diaries 1995 Watch Free in HD

Jim Carroll is chasing his dream of becoming a basketball player. But once in a while he gets stoned with his friends, and step by step, he falls into the dark world of crime and drugs. And it looks like he will never get out from his drug addiction.

Genre:

Crime, Drama, Biography

Actors:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol, James Madio, Patrick McGaw, Mark Wahlberg, Roy Cooper, Vincent Pastore, Bruno Kirby, Jimmy Papiris, Nick Gaetani, ...»

Director:

Scott Kalvert

Country:

United States

Release:

1995

IMDb:

7.3

Quality:

Duration:

102 min

Time Out

The angel-faced DiCaprio is a gifted actor, but he lacks the authority and physical presence to keep us with him.

January 26, 2006

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Groucho Reviews

It was impossible in The Basketball Diaries not to take notice of DiCaprio's seemingly undauntable talent, as he channeled the tortures of the drug-addicted damned. [Blu-ray]

May 31, 2010

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews

What almost saves the muddled pic from fouling out is the raw dynamic performance by Leonardo DiCaprio... .

July 01, 2011

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Chicago Reader

Significantly, the movie keeps the hero's reformation offscreen as well as unexplained; it's more interested in shock effects than in candor or elucidation.

March 24, 2008

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Matt's Movie Reviews

Bleak, depressing independent film making with an incredible performance by Leonardo Di Caprio, The Basketball Diaries shows that, if anything, it is the company you keep that will eventually lead to your downfall.

July 07, 2010

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Los Angeles Times

Although it masquerades as a cautionary tale about the horrors of heroin, this epic of teen-age angst is more accurately seen as a reverential wallow in the gutter of self-absorption.

February 13, 2001

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IGN DVD

An uncomfortable experience, to say the least. But also quite rewarding.

October 16, 2010

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New York Times

The star shines, but the movie is hard to watch.

August 30, 2004

Rolling Stone

You leave The Basketball Diaries believing that Leonardo DiCaprio can do anything.

May 12, 2001

Common Sense Media

Stark tale of teen drug abuse and delinquency.

January 01, 2011

Entertainment Weekly

For those few soul-freezing moments, you get a glimpse of the great actor Leonardo DiCaprio is going to be.

March 24, 2008

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