Black Swan (2010) - Review

Rating: 10/10 (21 February 2011)

Director Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" is easily one of the most intelligent, over the top, uncompromising, riskiest, no hold's bar films made in 2010. This is the kind of film that forces the audience to think about what it sees up front and also about is subtly conveyed in the smaller scenes that infer a much bigger and disturbing picture. The most interesting thing about "Black Swan" is ballerina Nina's (who is played brilliant here by Natalie Portman) sudden and rapid transformation as a person (which has been delayed for more than a decade). As she comes closer to owning her own life, she hastens her own terrible destruction. It is incredible to watch. I do not know of any film deals with its same subject quite in the same way as "Black Swan" and conveys it with such raw uncompromising power.