excellent psychological thriller

Rating: 10/10 (31 December 2010)

natalie portman is excellent as the sexually repressed nina who must die to her innocent beliefs about herself and uncover the shadow self. innocence and repression must merge and bring about a fully aware and healthy sexual adult where upon, through psychosis, she achieves personality integration accepting her shadow within the little girl. she, thus, finds what she pursues in herself, perfection, through ballet by dying to herself. it is definitely the best film of the year and the greatest performance of natalie's life. this is certainly Oscar material and natalie should win best actress. the writers surely are psychologically aware and knew exactly what they were doing.