More crap from Aronofsky

Rating: 1/10 (11 September 2017)

Jennifer Lawrence hasn't acted well in most anything other than Hunger Games, and, let's face, the last two sucked. Joy was about as Joyless as one can get. Passengers was pretty boring. Anyway, this flick is another critic darling from the plagiaristic mind of Darren Aronofsky. Black Swan stole a lot from Requiem of a Dream. Lawrence is too young to play Javier Bardem's wife. She is. He's 48 and she's like 25. And, let's remember, Jennifer only got the job because she's Aronofsky's girlfriend.
Natalie Portmann did a great job in Black Swan, but Jennifer is her usual overacting self in this poorly-made sludge of CGI-infested garbage. The CGI looks fake. Even Aronofsky said Lawrence was pretty bland in rehearsals. See Wikipedia if you don't believe me.
Michelle Pfeiffer, given little to do, steals the show as the house guest showing you exactly what a movie star looks like. The movie really needed a gifted actress like Portmann to pull it off. Jennifer just doesn't have the acting chops to make it all real during the movie. She looks confused, out of her element and, at times, disinterested. Even Roger Ebert said this wasn't Lawrence's finest hour.
And, God, is this film BORING! Aronofsky's constant close-ups of Lawrence, showing off his girlfriend maybe?, does the viewer no favors since Lawrence is best being Jennifer not delving deep into a role like Michelle Pfeiffer or Natalie Portman. Let's face it, Lawrence stole her Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook. She was basically herself with Bipolar things in her life. Bradley Cooper, on the other hand, nailed it.
If you are expecting great things like Black Swan, you won't get them with this flick. You'll just waste 2 hours watching Lawrence try and act while Bardem goes nuts.