From NetFlix:

Jim Carroll’s autobiographical novel chronicles a young basketball player’s
descent into addiction. As Jim’s (Leonardo DiCaprio) experimentation gives
way to a heroin habit supported by prostitution, he’s unable to face his
mother (Lorraine Bracco) or his demons at home, and former addict Reggie
(Ernie Hudson) may be the only one who can save him. Haunting and real ,
director Scott Kalvert’s drama is a powerful portrayal of chaos and redemption.

I almost hesitate to recommend this almost-B movie which I put in the VIOLENT category. A very young Leonard DiCaprio shows what a promising actor he was. There is a moment in which he realizes how much of his life he has thrown away that is just stunning. Will you recognize the bald Bobby dying of leukemia as Michael Imperioli who together with Lorraine Bracco were characters in “The Sopranos” ? Also very young was Mark Wahlberg as Mickey.

The treatment of sex is crude, unrestrained, and explicit. But then part of the joy of this movie is the unrestrained approach to living enacted by this band of soon-to-be hoodlums. It is this lack of restraint that eventually is their undoing. But if I cannot stop watching a film, then I only hope there is something worthwhile for others to see as well.

You stand warned!