Happy Days...

Rating: 10/10 (4 November 2002)

The one emotion I felt after watching this was one of warmth. My piddling problems (dumped by girlfriend, soccer injury, no food in the house) seemed like bliss compared to the tribulations of Requiem's characters. How Ellen Burstyn didn't get the Oscar I'll never know. Connelly, Leto, Wayans were all superb. I agree with the comment about making you love the characters and then destroying them all. Leto's attempt to make some cash and abstain when stocks are low, Connelly's dream about the designing, Burstyn's crazed desire to be on TV, and then it all turns to dust. The two girls with the dildo was one of the hardest things I've ever had to watch. The humiliation, the horror, the horror. Stunning directing, amazing editing (it must have taken a while) and top-class acting. A must,must see. Note interestingly symbolic foetal position of all the charcters at the end. Poignant to say the least. ***** out of *****