Recensioni di Metacritic

Poignant, funny, and proof of Basquiat's magic.

Doesn't dawdle and, despite some eye-rolling dialogue, is a generally amiable time-trip.

Makes a great time capsule, a shot-on-the-streets glimpse into the texture of a bygone time, place and attitude, but a listless, lightweight odyssey.

Although amateurish, often poorly acted and containing dialogue and narration that comes off as pretentious and embarrassing, it's worth watching for the environment it envelops you in.

As a piece of cinematic art, this meandering, shambolic film isn't much to speak of, but as a time capsule, it's priceless.

Its main value is the prolonged look it gives of the late artist Basquiat.

If you're a Basquiat fan, or were around in New York back then, you'll want to take a look. If not, this film has little to recommend.

It's as a documentary that Downtown 81 is most successful, particularly at those moments when the somewhat unfocused filmmaking allows us to look past the foreground characters and catch glimpses of a vanished cityscape.

Amateurish in the extreme, the film is a feast of bohemian cliché, bad writing and worse acting.

Alternates between being amusingly pretentious and studiously dull.