Annoying Aronofsky

Rating: 5/10 (4 November 2007)

The startling message of this movie is that drugs are bad. Who knew?There's no plot, only a series of scenes showing the effect of drugs. Burstyn gives a good performance and is the only character with any depth; the others are nothing more than stereotypes. Aronofsky uses every trick he learned in film school: split screens, fast motion, slow motion, extreme closeups, trick photography, repetitive shots, etc. While he no doubt thinks he is being innovative, his repeated attempts to call attention to himself is simply annoying and distracting. Someone should take his camera away for assault on the audience with a deadly weapon. There is a good score performed by the Kronos Quartet.