Overrated and a whining Portman

Rating: 5/10 (1 May 2012)

Natalie Portman whines her way through almost two hours of neurotic, delusional, and narcissistic behavior which somehow landed her an Academy Award. The golden statuette was misplaced; it was stolen from Halee Steinfeld, who was the heart and soul of True Grit.
Back to the ridiculous saga of a ballerina, Nina(Portman), who lives with her overbearing mother, Erica(Barbara Hershey), a former dancer who controls her daughter like a puppet.
Nina competes for the lead role in Swan Lake with Lily(Mila Kunis) who the director praises for being uninhibited, compared with the uptight Nina. She is told to loosen up by having sex, and so the frigid little princess goes home and masturbates. Later on, we are subjected to a tame and ridiculous lesbian scene with Portman and Kunis; and it heads downhill to its asinine ending.
Director Darren Aronofsky is 0 for 2 in my book; The Wrestler being the other contrived nonsense.