want a mind-f***? skip and see Aronofsky's later work: Requiem

Rating: 4/10 (20 December 2006)

Look, this movie was cleverly done in high-contrast black and white and even though it was very noir-ish, there was a lot of blinding white used. However, the fact still remains that this movie was droll and boring. The acting was nothing short of mediocre and whatever chemistry there was supposed to be between Max and Devi was lost somewhere in the unbelievability that she would give such an antisocial neurotic as max.
Like i said, someone got the idea that Darren Aronofsky is the master of the mind-f*** and thus, everyone likes to say that PI is much more clever than it actually is. The tiny pill-popping montages are much more well-implemented in Requiem for a Dream. Also, the ending of Requiem leaves a "woah" feeling in the pit of your stomach masterfully and this movie does not.
The fact of the matter is, the movie doesn't grab your attention and thus cannot keep it. As a result, you never develop any sort of relationship with the characters. At the end you see it and just ask, "Ok, what else can i watch?"