Powerful, depressing, moving, a memorable experience

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2001)

After seeing "Requiem for a dream" by mastermind Darren Aronofsky, it only sickens me more over the academy's choice to crown Julia Roberts with best actress at the oscars this year. Not only was Julia's role a sterotypical one (one woman against "the world") it also couldn't hold a candle to Ellen Burstyn's role as a diet pill addicted woman in Requiem. Really, the only drug movie that has ever really disturbed me emotionally and scared me (and I saw the rated version). However, the elements of fright are used well to weave a tale of four separate people dealing with their own drug problems. Much better than the overpolished, cliched "Traffic", "Requiem for a Dream" seems more realistic and really shows almost the worst case scenario among people using drugs for recreational use. A good movie for high schoolers and up to see who are contemplating using drugs because this shows what it can do to any person's life. Hopefully Aronofsky's upcoming take on Batman, Batman:Year One, will be even half as good as this movie is. 10/10 Superb.