beautifully painful

Rating: Null/10 (13 May 2002)

Requiem for a Dream, The name alone gives it that unique taste. A movie that demands your attention, with outstanding cinematography, brilliant script, and painful truths of drug effects on 4 different individuals. A woman, her son, her sons girlfriend and her sons closest friend. The neive mother wanting nothing but to fit into this sentimental "red dress" turns to a doctor for meds that will burn off the fat by keeping her "hyper." The son, who has an obvious heroin addiction that has him pawning his mothers t.v just to get a hit. The girlfriend who shares a dream of oneday being a fashion designer finds herself selling her body to get high, and the best friend who seems to be the guy with all the connections and has a sub-conscious separation problem with his youth and his mothers comfort. All the characters keep the attention and have you crying for the outcome. You'll love and hate the ending