The Requiem for A Dream

Rating: 10/10 (28 February 2007)

This movie, without question, is in my top 3. The only two that top it are the first two Godfather movies, which I see as classics in the overall genre of film. But, for those who only see Requiem for a Dream as a drug related movie, I say "Wake up!" The movie focuses on four main characters: Sara Goldfarb, an aging elderly woman who has no one special in her life but her son, and is a widow, and tries to fill the void in her life by watching television. After receiving a phone call (most likely a hoax) from a television company which 'discovers' (ha yeah right....just like i win a free laptop by picking out a picture of Paris hilton) stars and talents for television stars...finally finds some meaning in her life aside from her only son, Harry (Jared Leto). Meanwhile, three drug junkies....Harry Goldfarb, Tyrone C. Love (Marlon Wyans, in my opinion, the only worthwhile performance he's ever given) and Marion Silver (Jennifer Connelly) each face different dreams: Harrry's dreams of making it big, to not have to haul off his mother's TV every week to make bread to deal with his increasing drug addiction and to put it in his own words, to just make his mother happy.....Tryone's dream of becoming something more than just a street peddler, and Marion's dream of being loved by her parents', to replace her parents love of money with something tangible...like their daughter. Each dream is shattered by a complex unraveling of the said dreams....ruined and drowned by their own addictions. The cinematography is the best I have ever seen...and the acting is by far, superior. I won't give away anything else...only to let reader's know I have been a serious viewer of movies for 10 plus years now...and I find "Requiem for a Dream" to be one of a kind and my third favorite movie of more than close to 500 I have watched. For the love of GOD watch this movie if you haven't before. It will change your perspective.