you should already know what this movie is about

Rating: 9/10 (2 January 2011)

It was visceral, truncated, reminded a lot of Harold and Maude; please don't ask me why. The film flew about the topics of awareness and psychological and professional adventitiousness but it did not dwell for too long. I saw 'Nina' as having an exacerbated and untreated DID (disassociated identity disorder) or what we used to call an MP (multiple personality). But then again, maybe not; maybe its all exegesis. The film was brilliant and my first Aronofsky for the most part. I realize the budget was low but I lost a little in the digital image. The sound for the film made it up in a big way. I enjoyed the film on a gut level and the characters became like caricatures in a certain respect which I attribute to the image and screenplay. As far as being a psychological drama, it didn't really offend my sense of people with mental illness. In conclusion I applaud Aronofsky for not hamming up the titles which follow people with mental illness their entire lives, the subtlety was necessary and appreciated. It screened like a dream to me, albeit a nightmare, but a well wrought stripped down visceral dream.