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Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2002)

Man, after I watched this I felt like I'd been in a train wreck. I loved it. I had heard very little about this movie until I caught it on cable, and I immediately had to go out and buy the DVD to show all my friends. I loved seeing them react to it in the same way I did. Simply state, this movie doesn't give you warm and fuzzy feelings.
Darren Aronofsky (director and screenwriter) uses a lot of visually stylistic moves in this movie (i.e. the "hip-hop montages," split-screens), but they are all done for reason; it isn't style without substance. I don't expect his next movie to use all the same moves. Some have said it doesn't paint a realistic portrait of drug addiction, and I guess I can't really comment on that since I've never experienced it, but after seeing this movie, I can guarantee it'll stay that way. This movie kicked my butt.