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TopTenREVIEWS presents the movie reviews of Hoop Dreams (1994)

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Hoop Dreams (1994)

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Hoop Dreams (1994) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Hoop Dreams (1994) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:3.1933
Avg Critic Score:3.1966

Hoop Dreams (1994) Movie Reviews

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Excellent
4
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Very Good
3
56.00%
(28)
Good
2
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Hoop Dreams (1994) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
A film like "Hoop Dreams" is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us, and make us think in new ways about the world around us. ...read the complete Hoop Dreams movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Hoop Dreams (1994) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli) ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The wonderful thing about dreams, like hope, is that everyone can nurture their own, and there's no cost. ...read the complete Hoop Dreams movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Hoop Dreams (1994) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null) filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Before Hoop Dreams, they didn't make documentaries like this. Non-fiction films were almost invariably a series of talking heads placed against a backdrop of some kind of studio drapery, intercut with archival footage. ...read the complete Hoop Dreams movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Hoop Dreams (1994) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli) ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Ultimately, however, Hoop Dreams is about life and its challenges, both on and off the basketball court, and that's the reason you don't have to be a sports fan for this film to work. ...read the complete Hoop Dreams movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Hoop Dreams (1994) scores a combined 2.74 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
There is a point in ''Hoop Dreams'' where the story, about two inner-city kids who dream of playing pro basketball, comes to a standstill while the mother of one of them addresses herself directly to the camera. ...read the complete Hoop Dreams movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Boasting an epic scale, and a running time to match, this seminal docu, an absorbing anatomy of the American Dream in Chicago's inner-city, has more passion, compassion and suspense than most Hollywood fictional stories....read the complete Hoop Dreams (1994) review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
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New York Times (Caryn James)
The film's great achievement is to reveal the relentless way in which coaches and recruiters refuse to see Arthur and William as anything other than social cliches....read the complete Hoop Dreams (1994) review at New York Times (Caryn James)
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