6.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.0
Overview
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Overview
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around individual drug addiction, and its narrative champions a solution rooted in personal responsibility and individual redemption, rather than advocating for systemic changes or broader societal interventions.
The movie features primarily traditional casting, aligning with its source material and setting, without intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative centers on individual struggles with addiction and institutional failures, rather than offering a critique of traditional identities or explicitly incorporating DEI themes.
Secondary
The film's portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes is overwhelmingly negative, featuring a disturbing scene of homophobic sexual assault. This depiction uses a queer character as a victim of degradation and harm, lacking any counterbalancing positive elements or narrative critique, resulting in a net negative impact.
The film includes a brief, problematic depiction of a transsexual character. This character, a sex worker, is subjected to a violent assault and derogatory slurs by the protagonists. The portrayal lacks dignity or complexity, contributing to a negative and stereotypical representation without counterbalance or critique within the narrative.
The film depicts Catholic institutions and some of its figures as hypocritical, abusive, and ultimately failing to provide moral guidance. It highlights the negative impact of these institutions on the protagonist and his peers, contributing to their disillusionment and struggles. The narrative aligns with the protagonist's critical view of these religious authorities.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film adapts Jim Carroll's autobiographical novel. All major characters, including Jim Carroll and his friends, maintain the same gender as established in the source material. No instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another are present.
The film adapts Jim Carroll's autobiographical novel. The main character, Jim Carroll, and his core group of friends are portrayed by actors matching their established race from the source material and real-world history. No characters who were canonically or historically established as one race are portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.4
Critic Ratings
4.5
4.6
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