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“Jim Carroll: First, it's a Saturday night thing when you feel cool like a gangster or a rockstar- just something to kill the boredom, you know? They c”
“To be honest, it has been a while since I saw this movie and maybe I should check it out again at some point. Apparently, River Phoenix was a huge fa”
" Just another great character by Leo di Caprio, a good movie even without basket."
"Movie: 8/10 Character: Jim Carroll Performance's Rating: 8/10 "
"8.1. Leon elämä on ollut vaikeaa 90-luvulla, jolloin häntä on hakattu ja kohdeltu kaltoin. Liikanmaikka haluaa poskipalvelua, mutta saa turpaansa. Koripalloa pelataan ja Ernie Hudson yrittää pelastaa Leon huumekierteestä. Kokonaisuutena New Yorkin Kadut on hyvin kasassa pysyvä draama. Ainostaan tuo Hudsonin yritys auttaa Leoa, jää jotenkin pintaraapaisuksi, jonka takia se tuntuu elokuvan pitkittämiseltä ja hitusen turhan alle viivavalta. Ilmankin sitä olisi pärjätty, koska loppur"
“To be honest, it has been a while since I saw this movie and maybe I should check it out again at some point. Apparently, River Phoenix was a huge fan of the book and was linked to this project for a very long time but, eventually, when it finally got made, Phoenix thought he was then too old to play the main character so DiCaprio took over (the fact that Phoenix passed away in the mean time didn’t help either, I guess). Anyway, following his great performance in ‘What's Eating Gilbert Grape’ (in fact, after all these years, I still believe that it is still his best performace, by far), it is in this movie that DiCaprio would get his next leading part. Actually, it would be pretty neat to see this movie after all these years and to compare it to what the guy has done recently. Furth” read more