So excellent I wanted to shoot myself afterwards!

Rating: 9/10 (14 May 2001)

But seriously, this film was fantastic. Darren Aronofsky is quickly becoming one of my favorite directors with pi, which I loved, but found a little lacking, and now this film, flawless in almost every way possible. THis film took Marlon Wayans and made you forget that he was Marlon Wayans. I never would've guessed he had talent and he was fantastic in it. Jared Leto, the pretty boy who I've always liked as an actor does his best Michael Rappaport accent here to the point where I actually thought it was Rappaport doing voice overs for Leto. "For Chrissakes!" Ellyn Bursten... WOW... this was one of, no this WAS the BEST performance by an actress i've yet seen. Only problem I had with this film was with Jennifer Connelly. This woman is incapable of looking anything but incredibly beautiful, no matter how depreaved her character is supposed to be. She's the only character who, despite the filmmakers' and the make up people's efforts, never looks less than gorgeous, which honestly i didn't mind after seeing what happens to the rest of the main characters on their long slow journey to the bottom.