Scott Kalvert es quien dirige esta película que retrata sin concesiones uno de los mayores problemas que aquejan a la actual sociedad moderna. Estamos ante una película dura como el pedernal, que no deja indiferente al espectador. Particularmente convincente es la interpretación de Leonardo DiCaprio, que sabe recoger acertadamente la transformación del protagonista.
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then...
"Honesta, con sentido de la medida y excelentes interpretaciones"
(Cinemanía)
"La autobiografía de Jim Carroll da pie a un acelerado paseo por el malditismo (...) Irregular exceso con el beneficio de un titánico DiCaprio sencillamente inmenso"
(Luis Martínez: Diario El País)
"Duro drama de adolescentes, drogas y desengaños varios"
(Fernando Morales: Diario El País)
Intérpretes: Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Mark Wahlberg, Patrick McGaw, Bruno Kirby, Juliette Lewis, James Madio, Ernie Hudson, Michael Imperioli
Argumento: Jim Carroll (novela)
Guión: Bryan Goluboff
Música: Graeme Revell
Fotografía: David Phillips
Título Original: The Basketball Diaries
Duración: 102 min.
Género: Drama
Año: 1995
País: EE.UU.
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