What a terrible decision

Rating: 1/10 (12 July 2005)

Requiem for a Dream is truly a pioneering effort, delving into the back streets to find three drug crazed teens in New York. While the performances are strong on the part of Connelly and Leto, this movie is a horrendous way to spend two hours of your life. Anyone who is thinking about trying heroin, might find this movie to be a useful deterrent, but my prediction is that if you are stupid enough to try such a harmful substance, this powerful message may not even do enough to dissuade you. I basically wanted to vomit for roughly half the movie, and furthermore could not believe that anyone would consider this movie to be of any value. It is a physical impossibility to derive pleasure from watching such a spectacular piece of trash, no matter how stunning the acting performances were.