The Basketball Diaries. Jim Carroll (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a solid enough high school basketball player, the second best player on the team. There is some college interest. There is a problem. He has a controllable drug addiction that develops into a full blown heroin addiction. He gets kicked off the basketball team and the downward spiral hits the pedal.
This movie is tough to watch. You watch and one thought keeps on kicking around, "Why would anyone shoot up heroin?" Is it worth a watch? Yes. Will it make you squirm throughout the movie? Definitely.
Leonardo DiCaprio does some great young adult acting though honestly he looks a bit too scrawny to be a college basketball prospect. And I swear he should have been called a number of times for carrying the ball.
Interestingly, this movie has three future Sopranos: Lorraine Bracco, Michael Imperioli and Vincent Pastore.
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