Meh - obvious metaphorical film with great actors

Rating: 6/10 (27 September 2017)

Since it's Darren Aronofsky you know that the whole film will be a metaphor. The sooner you get the theme of the film, the sooner you know exactly what will roughly happen (storywise).
I found the analogies and metaphors to be rather on the nose and so I knew what the film was about/how it was gonna end after 1/4 of the movie. At this point the only thing that was new were the visuals. For some that might be enough. I found it to be rather lackluster. Sure, great performances from the leads and good visuals but without a compelling/surprising story it's not enough for me.