Beautiful, touching and mind-blowing

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2018)

This piece presents us a nude and raw vision of human beings obsessions, bringing a study that comes to scare us at night. Aronofsky's films usually prevent us from sleeping and this one don't walk away from this reality.
Lead by strong and confident performances - especially from Natalie Portman - the movie portraits the image of a woman thread by her own talent and find herself trapped into a hunting for perfection. The editing make easy to believe that she's going insane at the same time that the audience have no idea of what's going on. That brings us to the higher point of the movie, the directing. Full of imaginative chops and claustrophobic close-ups on Portman's face, making who's watching to feel her agony and despair.
Even full of traumatizing moments, the film never forget to be sexy and provocative, evoking the audience to it biggest tension, especially at the final dance presentations which shows the ultimate directing skills of Aronofsky - well-deserved Oscar nomination - and take off our breathing.
A masterpiece from beginning to end, and definitivally a must-see movie. Go watch and lose your mind.