The movie is based on the 1978 book The Basketball Diaries, and focuses on the basketball hopeful Jim Carroll (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his real life story. Jim is your everyday teenager who has a gift for both basketball as well as poetry. The high school basketball team is one of the best in the state and Jim is being scouted to play college basketball. Although Jim and his friends live for the game they all seem to be displeased with their school and basketball coach and are showing a curiosity for their inner city world. As the story follows the lives of Jim, Pedro (James Madio) and Mickey (Mark Wahlberg) it is evident just how quickly the lives of curious teenagers can change and fall apart. When Jim and his buddies get together with a couple of young ladies they are introduced to the interesting and destructive world of drug use. It doesn't take long for them to become overtaken by heroin thus beginning the downward spiral of their lives. Scott Kalvert does an exceptional job of not only showing us the reality that becomes of their lives but he uses creative cinematography to make it happen.
The boys discover that to support their addiction they will need cash. The reality of this situation and what the boys do is quite real and sad. They start with robbing elderly women and eventually move to breaking into businesses. Eventually robbery doesn't pay the bills so Jim turns to prostitution to get just enough for his next high. The film doesn't cut any corners as it takes the viewer along on Jim's destructive journey.
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