Overestimated

Rating: 4/10 (28 January 2011)

I think this movie is not THE great movie that many people think. It is a mix from Wrestler and Requiem for a Dream. Natalie Portman's performance was very poor because I always saw her pretending to be a ballerina and no the ballerina herself. She never couldn't wear the skin of the character she played. In The Wrestler, for example, Mickey Rourke was much more convincing and was easy to forget who the actor was and get involve with the story. I found the movie full of dramatic effects but it's not effective, because everything is so artificial and full of clichés that disappoint every member of the audience who expected a better work than the last. I know that visual effects and music are an important part of any movie, but when these resorts become more important than the performers or the argument, then something is wrong with the movie. By the way, the argument is very predictable. At least for me, there were no surprises like in the previous works of Darren Aronofsky.