a journey into madness

Rating: 9/10 (7 May 2011)

A ballerinas journey into madness. Black Swan is a riveting tail of a dancer Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) who gets the lead role in Swan Lake/ leading up to her debut of the show she becomes more paranoid eventually loosing her grasp on reality. Expertly directed by Darren Aronofsky he really makes the journey into madness all to real, The story starts out with Nina living at home with a controlling mother(Barbara Hershey) who lives life through her daughter. Thomas Leroy(Vincent Cassel) is producing a new version of the classic Swan Lake. Nina wins the lead but while able to do the white swan is having problems with the black swan do to her inability to be passionate. In the meantime a young dancer from San Francisco Lilly(Mila Kunis) is made her alternate and she starts becoming paranoid that she is trying to steal her part.
The movie moves along at a good clip and you see the dark side of being a ballerina.
Grade A-