Requiem for a Dream Rating: Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Ellen Burstyn Jared Leto Jennifer Connelly Marlon Wayans Complete Cast (9 total)

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RIVETING AND POWERFUL!
This movie is like passing a horrible car accident. You don't want to look, but yu do. This film is one of the most outstandig films I have ever seen! Ellen Burnstyn shuld have won the Academy Award. And the supporting cast is just as gripping! The film centers around a group of people who's lives are literally destroyed by drugs, both illegal and precribed.Seeing ths type of life first-hand through my brother and also friends, this films nails the truth behind drug addiction and the lives it can destroy! SO much has been said in all these reviews, so all I can say is BUY THIS FILM!

A true classic
The original novel by Hubert Selby Jr. was saved from cliche by the immediacy of Selby's writing and Selby's own style. It also touched on the fact that everyone is addicted to something, that nobody lacks a jones for something, be it heroin, alcohol, television, friendship or simple hope. The movie isn't cliche thanks to a stunning ensemble of performances and Darren Aronofsky's direction.

On the surface, it sounds like every "my drug hell" movie ever made, insofar as Harry Goldfarb, his girl Marion, and his buddy Tyrone are concerned. What makes it work is that the script (by Selby and Aronofsky) introduces us to the characters, lets us get to know them, actually get to like them. As their lives decline, you're THERE. You see it, you feel it all.

But the plotline of Harry's mother, Sara, is in a class by itself. Done by Ellen Burstyn, it's a truly astounding piece of work. Sara starts on a downward spiral when she's given a simple piece of hope. It's truly horrible to watch.

All of this is helped along by a truly stunning score by Clint Mansell, who scored Aronofsky's first film (also an excellent work) "Pi." Mansell, with the help of the Kronos Quartet, proves he's going to be a powerful force in film scoring.

Don't be turned off by the NC-17 rating, or think this is inappropriate for teenagers because of it, this, along with "Trainspotting", is the best filmed argument not to use drugs ever made. Everyone should see this. At least rent it, it is brilliant.

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