Should have been an MTV reality show...

Rating: 1/10 (6 August 2003)

*Spoiler ahead* Though, personally, I consider it a saver.
This film was so close to brilliance that it's failure made it immensely disappointing, the least grievous offense of all being its predictability.

If you are going to do a tradgedy flick about drug use, box office trends dictate that all main characters must have high cheekbones and decorate everything as if in a 70's flashback. Throw in a few extra body mutilations and you've got yourself a classic dark comedy. Sadly, I think the world just isn't quite ready for the culture comedy yet and I have to appreicate the director's sensibility .
Requiem for a Dream is a superbly overrated film. This was somebody's attempt to make a movie out of a drug awareness poster. Boy does drugs. Boy is mean to mom. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl do drugs. Mom does drugs. Everybody does drugs. People start losing limbs, getting electrocuted, or ending up putting unspeakable objects into their orifices; all in the name of... ©Art. Oh, so dark and daring.
I felt like I was watching some MTV reality show, made even more "real" with trendy editing and sound bites. Uh huh. Really on the edge, deep material we're talking about. Had there been one shred of entertainment value, perhaps I could forgive just a little. In the end, I was most offended by the film's one and only intended success: I came away mildy depressed.