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The Basketball Diaries
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2358
- IMDb #1480
- Google retired #429
- Rotten Tomatoes #3031
- Metacritic #2956
- Letterboxd #1080
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4012
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2016
- Metacritic Critics #3813
- Metacritic Audience #1239
- Criticker #1540
- Kinopoisk #545
- AlloCiné #1249
- Trakt #1318
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 46, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 46, everyone else 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A talented high school basketball player dreams of a future in the sport. However, he and his friends begin to experiment with drugs, a habit that quickly escalates from recreational use into a devastating addiction. His life spirals out of control as he struggles to maintain his friendships, his place on the team, and his own sanity, descending into a desperate struggle for survival on the streets.
Details
- Director
- Scott Kalvert
- Writer
- Bryan Goluboff
- Based on
- The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
- Studio
- Island Pictures
- Released
- 21 April 1995
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $2.0M
- Box office
- $2.4M
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Cast
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Awards
1 win & 2 nominations total
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