watch this movie and you'll stay off the drugs ...

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2007)

This is a very powerful movie and probably the most depressing one I have ever seen (but in a good way).
The movie follows four characters, each with their own dreams. But the dreams turn into nightmares as they lose to their addictions.
Because of the unique style of the director, the viewer experiences everything first-hand. We see the terrifying hallucinations of Sara, as she is overdosing on her weight-loss pills. You feel losing the sense of time when Harry, Marion and Tyrone are scoring.
You simply cannot be an independent observer of the suffering of the 4 characters. Instead you will feel a sense of surrealism and despair and you cannot snap out of it. I think this is what makes this movie so powerful.
Of course there is no happy ending. All characters end up in different places, in their own private hells. As the movies ends, each one moves into a fetus position, being in total despair and completely vulnerable.
Watching this movie, you'll stay off the drugs.
The soundtrack of the movie is beautiful and haunting, of course --- a requiem.