Leaves you with a funny feeling

Rating: 10/10 (22 September 2001)

As I was reading through most of the other reviews listed on IMDB, most of them dealt with the fact that this movie was about drugs and addictions. Personally, I don't feel this was the directors intention, and I wouldn't consider this as much of a drugs movie, as it is more of a full-scale drama about the loss of hope. The plot revolves around four people, Sarah, Harry, Marion, and Tyrone, who each have their own sense of innocence and each have personal dreams about their futures at the beginning of the movie. The three youth have already experimented with drugs and their addictions only strengthen as the movie moves along, making the relationships more tense and the dreams further away. The older Sarah is especially a touching character, as she doesn't learn she is taking speed until she is addicted, eventually becoming a slave to the pills and becoming what Harry had warned her about. Aronofsky put together a perfect compilation of scenes for the climax at the end of the film and capped it all off with the final Tappy Tibbons scene that just left me feeling so empty I was ready to cry. I would recommend this movie to anyone and will stand behind it in any discussion.