In the Wings of Paranoia

Rating: 8/10 (12 December 2015)

There are usually two common mistakes in movie goers and reviewers:
1-"I watched this film on the basis of the great reviews it had received".
2-"The movie doesn't portray any of the beauty and passion of that art" . (in this case: ballet).
...We will be always be betrayed by expectations.
Who said that "Black Swan" is a film about ballet...?
IMHO , the film is mainly psychological. Portrays the relationships between people in which it is often alignment, sexual repression, competitiveness, harassment ...which can lead to paranoia, and it has been used as allegorical background, a ballet performance. Simple as that.
About the clichés, the movie remains good with it. In fact, these clichés actually happen.
8/10