I didn't know whether to throw up or applaud

Rating: 10/10 (21 May 2003)

I had never heard of this movie before, but when I saw it on the IMDB and saw the high rating, I had to see it. I went ahead and just bought it and I am not disappointed. Wow, I have never seen a movie like this one before. I have never done drugs, and I will definitely never start after watching this movie. After watching it I felt like I had been beat up and smeared through a sewernever felt that way before after watching a movie
****May be Spoilers****
Requiem for a Dream is a very disturbing and dark movie. The camera angles show some of the oddest and most unique point of views that I have ever seen. It is nice though to watch a different kind of movie that does not have to tie up everything at the end and make you feel happy. A movie does not always have to have a happy ending. About half way through the movie you can tell that things are just not going right for them, so I at least expected to watch them go down their dark paths. I felt sorry for the four characters as they were sucked into insanity/darkness/hell, and wished that things would turn out alright, but I knew better
If you liked this movie, I suggest that you watch Ladri di biciclette - 1948 (The Bicycle Thief). Don't ask me why, but they both have the same kind of feel of being a great movie but depressing at the same time. They are different plots and different times, but both of them make me feel a little depressed/panicky/anxious/pity.
I gave this movie 10 out of 10. I just think it is has unique camera angles/point of view, great acting, good plot, and directed so well that it is worth watching at least once, if not twice. The DVD has deleted scenes and a commentary on the making of the movie, as well as more. The DVD menu for this movie is also very unique. When I first put it in I was getting upset that I could not get my DVD player to work right, I thought maybe my TV was messed up also. You have to watch the DVD to understand what I mean.
I suggest you go watch it, but it would not be a good movie for children. If some of the scenes were not so graphic (particularly the sex scenes), then it would be a good movie to show to children/adolescents as an anti-drug movie.