Am I the only one who feels this way?

Rating: Null/10 (9 June 2001)

I must admit I did enjoy the movie. However, I didn't think it was necessary for this film to fall back on old, negative stereotypes. Why did Darren Aronofsky feel it vital to his plot to play on the fears of white America by having the virtues of the addicted "girl next door" defiled by the big bad black man? It seems to be a common theme in these "drug movies" that black men are cast as sexual predators, ready to pounce on the weakness of a daughter near you!! If you don't believe me, rent the movie Traffic, which incidentally netted Steven Soderbergh the nod for best director. In that movie, we have a poor little rich girl who spirals out of control, right into the clutches of the typical drug movie monster. Both movies had good points, and were so entertaining that I believe that they could have stood on their own without this unnecessary ingredient.