It's a good movie, but not within my tastes and was a bit too dark and disturbing

Rating: 7/10 (11 March 2006)

My best friend has been begging me since 2001 to watch Requiem for a Dream, for some reason I never really got around to watching it. But recently I thought about the movie and decided to give it a shot. After all on IMDb, it's #52 on the top 250. What did I have to loose?
Well, this movie is a trip, and I mean an intense one. This is an excellent depiction of what drugs can do to you and the horrible graphic consequences of continuing the downward path. The acting, we have Ellen Byrnstein, one of the finest actresses, you might remember her from The Exorcist. I felt so awful for her character in the film, now she doesn't get on drugs intentionally, she just wants to loose some weight because she was picked to go on a TV show. So she starts taking diet pills that have the same drugs as speed in them, so unknowingly she continues taking them uncontrollably. Her son played by Jared Leto, his girlfriend Jennifer Conelly, and his friend Marlon Waynes are drug dealers and heavy users themselves, but continue their search for a dream like paradise.
This is a good movie in general when it comes to effectiveness, but the best made picture? Not really, but the acting and story is terrific. I will warn you, this is extremely graphic and should not be shown to children.
7/10