You won't know what, or how, to feel after seeing this

Rating: Null/10 (14 June 2003)

Requiem For A Dream takes you to an underworld filled with drugs, depression and despair. It brings you into the lives of four very sad people: Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn), Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto), Marion (Jennifer Connelly), and Tyrone (Marlon Wayans). All Sara wants to do is to be loved. Loved by anyone who will love her. She will do anything to take her mind off the loneliness that she feels, so she goes on a diet. She gets hooked on the diet pills that have been prescribed to her, and starts to free fall into a nightmare. Her son, Harry and his beautiful girlfriend Marion, want to open a shop. All they want is to be happy. But because of their drug addiction, their dreams slowly fade away. Tyrone is Harry's best friend. All he yearns for is his mother's love. He dreams about it all day, and takes heroin to fuel these dreams. Four regular people, who's live's take a sharp turn.
There is no way to describe Requiem For A Dream other than saying it is a masterpiece. The emotions that go through you while watching this film are extreme. I have always been a fan of Ellen Byrstyn, but have never seen her pure talent until this film. Her performance can be compared to no one. It is one of the greatest in the history of cinema. The supporting cast is also exceptional. Especially Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans, who now proved he could hold his own in a dramatic role. Never has a movie shown what drug addiction can do to you like Requiem For A Dream has. It is so real and intense that sensitive viewers may not choose to watch this.

Requiem For A Dream is by far, one of the greatest films ever made. By the end of the film it will have torn through you and you won't know what, or, how to feel. But that is exactly what the creators of Requiem For A Dream were going for.
A masterpiece all cinema! There is really nothing I can say that could do justice to the wonder of this movie. 10 out of 10!