Not much glamorous here

Rating: 8/10 (31 December 2013)

Too many films dealing with alcohol and addiction are in the "28 Days" camp. They glamorize use and recovery rather than take on the reality. "Requiem" does not fall into that trap. It accurately portrays what it is like from the perspective of the addict and from the outside.
The emotional grip this left me with was similar to "Leaving Las Vegas". What that movie did to present the life on alcoholic is what this does for addiction. Unfortunately its rating might prevent those who might most benefit from ever seeing it.
Recovery rhetoric says the only possible outcomes of continued addiction are jails, institutions or death. That cliché is aptly captured in the paths these characters follow.