An Optimum Film!

Rating: 10/10 (11 November 2002)

What upsets me about 6th grade Science classes and 10th grade Health classes is that they're to PG when showing movies dealing with drugs. I believe if you want to make an impression on someone on the effects of drugs then you need to make a scrupulous presentation. Sure they may show you people who have suffered from the excessive use of Cigarettes or marijuana but they only show you one side of the story. While there's nothing wrong with that many people aren't convinced by learning one side of the story. And while Health class tends to take a more PG-13 route, the 6th grade class maintains PG and the next thing you know you have a bunch of 6th graders either smoking or doing drugs.
So I believe if you want to stop people from using drugs then get a bunch of 6th graders together and show them this brilliant movie by Darren Aronofsky which is truly a scrupulous presentation. This MASTERPIECE shows possibly all sides of what may happen if you use drugs and it doesn't show it to us PG but NC-17!!!! I'm sure anyone who sees this film will not dare to do any drugs. I must admit that Aronofsky did his homework in this film cause this was really an IMPRESSIVE picture.
You'll never see nothing on film more shocking then the last 30 minutes of this movie. Those last 30 minutes is what every 6th grader SHOULD see!

SPOILER AHEAD: The old lady losing her mind, the main characters arm, Marlon Wayne's character going to prison I believe, and the beautiful and talented Jennifer Connelly going through the humiliation of masturbating in front of a crowd just to get some drugs. That is some impressive and shocking material. SPOILER END
4(****)OUT OF 4(****)STARS
10/10
A MASTERPIECE!!!!