Overall Disturbing, Yet Dramatically Unique and Prolific

Rating: 8/10 (13 July 2015)

Although I can see why Natalie Portman won an Oscar for her role in this, I still do not agree that the hype, stating that this movie is beyond amazing, is correct.
The movie is created in a seemingly unique style that makes its home safely in both genres of thriller and drama. There was no obvious holes in the storyline and the movie seemed to flow well. But it is hard sometimes to determine the differentiation between her hallucinations and reality, leaving confused time-lines. The stereotypes used in this moves made the storyline too predictable. The only character that surprised me was the mother. She did not indulge in the common dancer-mother-dictator stereotype overused in most films, which provided me with some relief. Her acting was also one of the highlights. The amalgamation of a determined control freak mother and a caring worried mother. To prove my point, if she was to portray the overused stereotype then she would have forced her daughter to go to the opening night. Probably the biggest moment for her daughter, but she chose her care over her pride and kept her in bed, calling her daughter in sick. Finally the aspect of sexual promiscuity was definitely not needed. It added a sickening feel to this film that made me very eerie.
Even though this movie left me feeling rather ill, I acknowledge that their was a dramatic creativity and powerful character movement throughout the storyline. Evident through the bipolar transformation of Portmans character.