...high on self-destructive ways to reach your dreams

Rating: 10/10 (18 May 2005)

INDEED AN EXCELLENT MOVIE! From the cast and their performance to the way it was shoot, the cuts, the close-ups and of course, the soundtrack. Very, very intense movie and this is probably way I liked it so much. The degradation of the human being is so well portrayed with the help of the great performance of Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans. This is the story of Sara - the mother, Harry - the son, his girlfriend - Marion and their friend - Tyrone. All four of them have different dreams and hopes but all of them get destroyed by the same evil: the addiction to drugs whether they are pills or actual illicit substances. They choose the easy way to reach their dreams and that brings them to perdition. You can actually feel the desperation that every character reaches, the hole in which they sink deeper and deeper. Depressive movie (and how else it would have been taking in consideration the subject?) but so powerful and real!!!