Brace Yourself.

Rating: 9/10 (13 December 2000)

Powerful, disturbing, unmistakably accurate, and impossible to look away from. I was so disgusted by the depths these characters would sink to, I couldn't even tell if this was a good movie or not.
Eventually, I had to realize, anything which could affect its viewer with that much intensity, is no mistake. "American Beauty" affected me and left me with an odd feeling of joy and wonder-- "Requiem" left me depressed and more than a little untrusting of my fellow man. I won't watch it again anytime soon, but I think I'm glad I saw it at least once. Brace yourself.