Destined to age badly - over-hyped and ludicrous

Rating: 3/10 (29 December 2010)

I went to see an afternoon showing of this movie, which included a broad section of society from seniors through to slightly underage attendees, perhaps 14 or 13
I'm sure I heard a pace maker malfunctioning on more than one occasion during what I can only consider to be, soft porn! We're treated to 2 masturbation scenes, long drawn out scenes of very visually and audibly precise cunnilingus and all sorts of other ott debauchery here
Portman is in no way convincing as a competitive dancer. There is no way that a fragile person like the one she portrays here would make it in the competitive world of dancing. Also Portman's attempts at acting drugged up were a joke
Portman does her usual anguished face, which she has been doing since Leon. Literally she used the same expression as she did at the door in Leon several times here. She was not convincing in this part for me at all. I also found Winona Ryder to be quite ridiculous and a little like the Wicked Midget Witch of the West
Artistically this movie is barren and does not come close to Requiem for a Dream for example, it is commercial trash actually. The soundtrack in particular is dull and lifeless
Sorry but this film will win awards and then will be looked back on as being actually quite ridiculous and a terrible mistake
Please don't expect this to be Swan Lake the ballet, like many senior people did yesterday at theatre I was at. It was an embarrassment