Terrifying, yet Brilliant.

Rating: 9/10 (2 November 2007)

This is, perhaps, one of the most frightening movies I have ever seen; however, it is also really, really, amazingly good.
"Requiem for a Dream" takes you through the lives of four people, all somehow addicted to drugs, and how these drugs break them down, slowly destroying the dreams they have.
I was told that "Requiem for a Dream" was a good movie, and many people who have similar movie tastes as me seemed to have enjoyed it, so a couple friends and I rented this movie and watched it.
As the movie ended we were all visibly shaken. It is horrific, and yet brilliant.In a way, my feelings about "Requiem for a Dream" are ironic; this movie scared me in a way unlike any other movie, and at first I was convinced it was an awful movie. However, by the next day I was convinced it was amazing.
So, while "Requiem for a Dream" is riveting and sad, it is also, quite strangely, beautiful. The atmosphere of the movie is perfect, eerie yet oddly compelling, the setting is perfect, the music is exceptional, and the characters do an extremely good job. It is a movie that is impossible to forget, yet easy to be unsure how to feel about. For people who want to see a challenging, thought-provoking movie, this is an excellent choice. I'm still not positive if I hated it, or loved it, but it is brilliant.