sickening

Rating: 10/10 (5 September 2001)

There are clearly some people here who didn't get this film at all. I'm not sure if they are the people who were distracted by their mates during the movie, or just people who have no idea what addiction is about.
I've had quite a bit of experience with various drugs over the past ten years, and this film gave me a pretty nasty flashback. I'm with Heavenly Creature above, and I will not be watching this again, it's just too disturbing.
Despite this, this movie is NOT about drugs, it's about addiction. "What's my mom's fix? Television!" says Harry Goldfarb. Burstyn's character is also addicted to her chocolate and other sweet food, the craving patterns that non-drug users are the same as those of the junkie. This wasn't just another drug film, it was a lesson in addiction, but it seems it just went over some people's heads.