As close to perfection as a film is likely to get.

Rating: Null/10 (5 October 2002)

This film was without contest the best film of 2000, and that damned fool Steven Soderbergh takes home an Oscar for Erin Brockovich, not a bad movie but perhaps the most bland direction I've ever seen. Simply point and shoot, that's his way. Anyhoo, Requiem is an unbelievably filmed, written and acted film. (even though that damned Julia Roberts took what rightly belonged to Ellen Burstyn on Oscar night. grrrr) The film is graphic, very much so, but it in no way glamorizes any of the events in the film. The drug use is not go to a party and have some fun. Its addiction. And thats what this film is really about. Addiction, not specifically drug-related, and the effects it can have on the human spirit. Aronofsky, with this and Pi, has proven himself to be one of the true artists of recent times (and isn't the type to go around shouting about that like some jackass Signs director). I look forward to whatever he may have in store for us next.