Disturbing, bizarre, and definitely original!

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2005)

I rented Requiem for a Dream yesterday along with some other films. I've wanted to see this film for a long time. It got an 8.5 rating on IMDb and got a lot of good reviews. I mean with an 8.5 rating, it's got to be a good movie. So why not? I rented it. The movie was good. The character study was a high plus in the movie. How they all start out so happy and ending falling apart with sadness and out of control behaviors, was worth watching and very powerful. I thought the performances were all good especially Jared Leto and Jennifer Connelly. They did a great job and Connelly's performance pretty much led her to A Beautiful Mind and winning an Oscar, so she's done a good job. Keep it up. The movie is disturbing and all the drugs and stuff can give you a headache sometimes. The cinematography was excellent and is one of the best. I loved it how the director split the images up in some scenes or when some scenes can go fast forward or very fast. The movie was just truly original. I just haven't seen many filmmakers with ideas like this movie. Overall, a bizarre and disturbing film that made Aronfsky look like Kubrick. Requiem for a Dream isn't meant for many people and there are some really bizarre and some boring scenes but the movie was good and I enjoyed it, simple as that. I recommend it.
Hedeen's Outlook: 7.5/10 *** B-