Pros: The performances, especially Burstyn's, are gripping; visual style is eye-popping Cons: The mood is unrelentingly grim; some scenes of depravity will shock and offend viewers
Darren Aronofsky movies feel like hypodermic needles sinking into your eyeballs. His first film, Pi (1998), was an excruciating trip inside math and migraine headaches. His second film, Requiem for a Dream, is just as painful to...
Pros: Aronofsky's film is amazing--acting, script, music...it's all perfect. Cons: Very dark, extremely emotionally draining.
A few weeks ago, my sister and I spoke in depth about the uselessness of the drug related Public Service Announcements and commercials. Despite the use of “real” situations and “real” people they are too sterile and kids can’t ...
Pros: stunning filmwork, brilliant performances Cons: it's a disturbing ride
The latest entry in my Book vs. Movie series is R
equiem
For A Dream. This hard hitting novel by Hubert Selby Jr has been transformed into a powerful movie by director Darren Aronofsky. Aronofsky ...
Pros: Acting, Story, Direction, Atmosphere Cons: Two Words--Jennifer Connelly
Movies are great tools. They make you feel emotional (sometimes) much more than words on a sheet of paper. They are wonderful things that can sometimes be terrible, but can most times be thought-provoking and visually appealing. In Requiem For A ...
Requiem for a Dream is a brutally unforgiving movie about the different natures of addiction. It stars Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Ellen Burstyn, who won a much-deserved Oscar for her role. The unedited DVD version of this movie carries an ...
Pros: Scary, intense, addicting Cons: sometimes too intense
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Whoa skippy - what a trip! Staid and proper Jewish mother, Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burnstyn) is a plump and lonely widow living in Brooklyn in a run down brownstone along...
Pros: Performances, cinematic style, and story line despite the mood Cons: None for me, but the very bleak nature of it will turn many off
There have been more than a hundred reviews of this film. This is part of the December 2007 dollar dealie—my protest is to write reviews of things I like but have already been heavily reviewed before; hey I’m not against gaining a little extra ...
Pros: Amazing cinema; great visuals, ambient soundtrack, breathtaking acting Cons: May disturb quite a few viewers...but that is its purpose
4:21:02 4:20 Fest Review #4: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Well, after progressing through FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, GROOVE, and NOWHERE, I’ve finally reached the climactic review of my journey through the realm of so-called “stoner flicks,” and...
We've all heard of Requiem for a Dream- some "independent" film that no one got to see in theaters because Jack Valenti and his fellow morons at the MPAA decided it deserved an NC-17, a rating director Darron Aronofsky refused. So, it was only scre ...
Pros: Genuinely startling performances, montage, music, and sound stage effects. Cons: As noted elsewhere, some scenes, while appropriate and artistic, are horrific and hard to watch.
The thrust of Darren Aronofsky's second film, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, probes the depth of American addictions, and the drive of our commercial society to promote those addictions; in other words:
Pros: Performances, visuals, direction, and thematic content. Cons: Why haven't more people seen this film?
I am still trembling right now as I attempt to write a review of Requiem for a Dream. My mind is reeling at this very moment as I think about how much I pity those characters and how I feel remorse for what they are going through. Frankly, one...
Pros: Burstyn, Connelly, Aronofsky, Mansell Cons: It's brutally frank and often quite ugly.
Everyone has his or her addictions, right? For some, it’s crack cocaine. Others can’t function without their morning cup of coffee. Love, contentment, approval, happiness; Wish for any of them too hard, and you find yourself an addict. Darren...
Pros: Ellen Burstyn without a doubt, great visual shots, a hard look at reality. Cons: Some very tough scenes to watch-- again, a hard look at the reality of addiction.
Why is it that generally the masses (no pun intended, i.e. Requiem) never see the real masterpieces that play in our movies houses across this great land? There are many reasons, but I think we all know the main answer to that. It's called "the...
Pros: Acting, engaging story lines, direction. Cons: Very disturbing at parts.
Requiem of Expectations
I wasn't quite prepared for this movie. I had heard rave reviews and comments about it before seeing it, but I guess I was just expecting something a little different. Not that that is a bad thing, this movie is...
For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut PI director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert Selby's 1968 novel...More at Family Video
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