incredible unglamourized portrayal of drug addiction

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2002)

I thought this movie was a triumph for Darren Aronofsky. He successfully portrays the downward spiral a life can plummet to when drugs are the most important part of your life. Each character in the movie was drawn very well and in great detail, where they seem as if it could be someone we know or even ourselves. The power and churning up to the end of the movie sends out so many emotions you feel very overpowered far after the movie is over. Not for the faint at heart, some of the realness of the movie will actually make you feel the pains the characters go through. I definitely recommend this movie to anyone that can handle a movie so real you can taste it.