The best movie you've never seen, just make sure you're ready.

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2002)

This movie, without a doubt, is the greatest masterpiece ever created. Everything is perfection from the cinematography to the acting, and even the camera stylings of Darren Aronofsky. The greatness of this movie, however, comes at a price that involves images and situations some people just can't handle (which I personally think is the cause for the majority of the bad reviews). The visuals used in this movie to depict each character and their fate are each revolting in their respective manner, but are also necessary for the film to feel real. There is nothing fake about this movie, it doesn't glamorize life and show how great everything is and how wonderful life is, this movie does the opposite and drags you down into the gutters and forces you to look into the faces of the weak, of the homeless, and of the hopeless. That being said, Requiem For a Dream revolves around the lives of four Coney Island individuals, each one unique in their own way, and each one with their own demons to face. Tyrone, who is driven by images of himself pledging to his mother he won't be a failure. Marion, who is estranged from her parents after the flood her with money but no emotional value. Harry, who resorts to repeatedly stealing his mothers television in order to buy his next fix. And finally, Sara, who is plagued by lonliness and sees her chance to escape by losing weight for her spot on a famous television show. Their lives are woven together tightly enough so that when one starts to fall, the rest tumble along at an amazing speed. This movie, simply put, is perfect. But as I stated before, that perfection comes at the price of a lot of people not being able to stomach what is happening onscreen. That is really sad though, because this is one of the greatest movies ever made, and nobody I know has even heard of it. Check this movie out, examine all of the symbolism and make a judgement for yourself. Just make sure you're ready for some of the things you're going to see.