The ultimate "art as pain" movie.

Rating: 1/10 (29 May 2002)

If you subscribe to the masochistic belief that great art must be painful, then by all means, see Requiem for a Dream. If, on the other hand, you'd rather not spend 2 hours having Aronofsky pick at you like a scab, skip it. The director's intention is clearly to upset you, give you a headache, and instill in you a hatred of addictive behavior. He succeeds marvelously.
Wayans, in the closing sequence of the film, vomits into a bucket of some white viscous somethingorother he's stirring.
That about sums up my reaction to Requiem for a Dream.