Excellent cinematography and acting, appalling script

Rating: 1/10 (15 September 2017)

Basically, terrible. Why Aronofsky thinks I want to see all his anxieties on screen is beyond me. The plot: a husband lets a load of strangers into his home ignoring his wife's protests. They cause all sorts of problems, being abusive, ignoring her privacy etc. She has a baby which is killed by the strangers and she dies. The husband isn't too bothered because he needs the adulation from the crazy crowd/ fans. It loses all realism early on ( I would have kicked out Pfieffer straight away) and delves into fantasy. It's like some sort of surreal nightmare. Aronofskys anxieties on relationships and fame. Do me a favour , keep your anxieties between yourself and your counsellor, don't make a film about them. Show me something inspiring (examples, Neo discovering his potential in The Matrix, Jake discovering his morality in Avatar). Not for me. If you like pretentious anxious nonsense you'll love it.. If you like compelling inspiring stories, maybe Hollywood can make one which deserves the actors in this film one day.