Depressing as Hell, but none the less a fantastic movie

Rating: 10/10 (26 June 2014)

It's a movie that is hard to stomach and can be very uncomfortable to watch. It's a tale that leave the viewer left as bitter and alone as the characters in it. It's also a movie you wouldn't watch if you're feeling down. Don't expect to find happiness in this movie or a happy ending.The movie makes it apparent of what it is, and that is the reality of addiction. It doesn't end well though we like to think it will and it's not just drug addiction, it's addiction itself. while it uses heroin addiction as it's main source, the addiction of Ellen burstyn makes for the really damaging side of addiction. Her character is addiction to weight loss pills, but her real addiction lies in her dependence on television. Mainly the infomercial that becomes a hell to Sarah (Ellen Burstyn. The movie deals with other issues such as mortality, Morality, and the way that our parents become when they reach a certain age. Overall it's a movie worth seeing to really come out questioning what an addiction is. I do apologies for the minor spoilers in this review I tried to keep it as minimum as possible