More of a Nightmare

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2004)

After watching this movie I wanted to slit my wrists. It's a relentless, wrenching portrayal of 4 people's descent into drug addiction hell. The performances--by Burstyn, Leto, Connelly & Wayans--are compelling and moving. (Frankly, I wasn't expecting much from Jared Leto, but I was pleasantly surprised.)
Aronofsky's direction and Jay Rabinowitz's editing are as tight as it comes, as is the work of cinematographer Matthew Libatique. The ending was so poignant--as we see not only the wrecks these people have become, but view glimpses of what they could have been--I was moved to tears, something that very rarely happens to a cynic like me. (And, of course, I wanted to get out the razor blade!)
Watch it, but not if you're clinically depressed.