One of the greatest

Rating: 9/10 (23 October 2000)

This is one of the handful of great films from the year 2000, an unforgettably powerful look at drug addiction and its effects. It could easily have become a hipper "Reefer Madness," but because of the extraordinary artistry of the director Darren Aronofsky and superlative performances by Ellen Burstyn et al, it becomes a classic cautionary tale. Unpleasant in the extreme--but a must-see by any standard.