Beautiful, Mesmerizing but weak ending

Rating: 8/10 (22 December 2010)

The Black Swan is a beautiful movie. Natalie Portman is Oscar worthy for her performance. She definitely looked and acted the part of a ballerina with great technical skills but no personal confidence. Barbra Hershey is also great as her overbearing mother. Mila Kunis is good as the supposed nemesis. The movie itself is mesmerizing. You can't take your eyes off the screen because you can't believe what's happening and you can't wait to see what's happening next. The movie only has one problem. You wait and you wait and then you see Natalie's great performance as the Black Swan. Then you get to the end and you're disappointed. For me the movie should have stopped with the Black Swan's performance, there was no need to go further. The movie is perfect up and through that point and then the bubble burst and you're left wondering what happened.