2013
Not Rated
Under The Milky Way
1 h 28 m

2013
Not Rated
Under The Milky Way
1 h 28 m

Summary In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony. A decade later, Lenny has never played a minute in the NBA. In this quintessentially American documentary, filmmaking brothers Joshua and Benny Safdie track the unfulfilled ...

Directed By: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie

2013
Not Rated
Under The Milky Way
1 h 28 m

2013
Not Rated
Under The Milky Way
1 h 28 m

Lenny Cooke

Name: Lenny Cooke
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama, Sport
Released: 2013-12-06
Duration: 1 min 28 s
Rating: 71
Cast: Lenny Cooke, Tom Konchalski, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie

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Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews

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Village Voice

Dec 3, 2013

Ordinary life comes to look like a humiliation in the late reels of Lenny Cooke, yet another heartbreaker of a doc in which a compelling basketball story powers a discomfiting examination of a crisis facing young American men.

By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW

IndieWire

Nov 19, 2013

The Safdies have stood out over the last few years for continually challenging audience expectations even while seeming to adhere to conventional storytelling traditions, and that's certainly true here: You've never seen a sports movie like this before.

By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW

Variety

Nov 19, 2013

A penetrating and ultimately heartbreaking inventory of hard lessons learned on and off the court.

By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Nov 19, 2013

While it verges on exploitation of the gentle giant at its core, it's also an effective bit of human drama, competently, and sometimes movingly, telling a story that deserves to be told.

By Jesse Cataldo FULL REVIEW

The Dissolve

Dec 3, 2013

While Lenny Cooke’s considerable social and emotional resonance still doesn’t measure up to Hoop Dreams’, the Safdies beautifully evoke the other side of the professional game, the many basketball casualties who don’t get movies made about them.

By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW

Time Out

Dec 3, 2013

You walk away with far more questions than answers — a profile foul by any other name.

By David Fear FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Nov 19, 2013

While a composited scene, in which has-been Lenny lectures his younger self about work ethic and wisdom, has an undeniable poignancy, actual tragedy remains far beyond the film's grasp -- as does any illumination beyond the unsurprising suggestion that Cooke just didn't want success as much as peers like LeBron James.

By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Red Bucket Films, Shop Korn Productions

Release Date Dec 6, 2013

Duration 1 h 28 m

Rating Not Rated

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Tagline Remember His Face.

Website https://www.facebook.com/LennyCookeMovie?group_id=0

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Awards

Black Reel Awards

• 1 Nomination

Eastern Oregon Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Lenny Cooke

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Lenny Cooke

Self

Tom Konchalski

Self

LeBron James

Self

Carmelo Anthony

Self

Chris Bosh

Self

Raymond Felton

Self

Joakim Noah

Self

Debbie Bortner

Self - Lenny's Guardian

Howard Garfinkel

Self - Founder of Five-Star Basketball Camp

Curtis Sumpter

Self

Mike Jarvis

Self - St. John's University Men's Basketball Coach

Mike Krzyzewski

Self

Tom Farrey

Self - ESPN Reporter

Demany Eastman

Self - Lenny's Best Friend

Gavin Marchand

Self - Lenny's Friend & Foxy Brown's Brother

Denton Foster

Self

David Stern

Self

Kwame Brown

Self

Tyson Chandler

Self

Juan Dixon

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