Hoop Dreams (1994)Directed by Steve James, rated PG-13, 170 minutes
Hoop Dreams is a thrilling and harrowing documentary following two high schoolers struggling to make their away out of their impoverished communities through a scholarship for college basketball, with hopes of playing in the NBA. The two main subjects are likable, but as they're still children, they make some frustrating decisions, and it's in many ways sad to see their siblings, friends, coaches and parents put all their hopes into these kids making the NBA.
The film doesn't shy away from the incredible hardships of the families, and yet there are scenes of profound beauty that are impossible to forget. Hoop Dreams isn't just about basketball, it takes a look at the American dream, and is filled with incredible moments of success, failure, pressure, loss, glory, pain and hope. You'll like it if: You like sociological documentaries, sports films, 
The Up Series, The Basketball Diaries or Do the Right Thing.
The film doesn't shy away from the incredible hardships of the families, and yet there are scenes of profound beauty that are impossible to forget. Hoop Dreams isn't just about basketball, it takes a look at the American dream, and is filled with incredible moments of success, failure, pressure, loss, glory, pain and hope. You'll like it if: You like sociological documentaries, sports films, 
The Up Series, The Basketball Diaries or Do the Right Thing.
.........Below Average
this sounds good...can you order it?
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