Release Date: December 3, 2010 Director: Darren Aronofsky Producer: Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver, Mike Medavoy, Scott Franklin Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures Starring: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder, Toby Hemingway, Janet Montgomery, Benjamin Millepied Genre: Thriller Running Time: 108 minutes
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 1:17:21 AM | (Age Not Specified)
This is definitely a movie that not everybody will enjoy. That doesn't mean it isn't a good movie, it just means it requires a certain perspective to really understand it. Even the infamous Natalie and Mila sex scene is far from being sexy if you understand the reason for it in the movie, though they are both beautiful women. At one point approaching the end, I was feeling a flavour of 'Fight Club' but on the opposite extreme: Women and ballet, instead of men and fighting. The best advice I can give is if you go see it, go into the theatre with an open mind--I found it to be a work of pure art as a result.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 9:40:57 PM | (Age Not Specified)
This movie is worth seeing, but only for the great acting by all the principals. The story itself is bizarre and unbelievable. I found it incredible that no one notices the state that the lead character is in. Why does no one see? Why does no one help? OK, it's an intense artistic world that the characters inhabit, but we seem to be talking about someone suffering from schizophrenia and clearly experiencing hallucinations. Because the movie pretends that no one notices how ill she is makes the situation seem unreal and prevents the viewer from becoming emotionally invested in the characters. Icky is how the movie left me feeling.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 9:48:03 AM | (Age Not Specified)
this was boring in the biggining. I kept waiting for her to break her toes. Then the sex stuff (cant unerstand why they had to put that in). The bleeding didnt make too much sense. It seems u had i imagine what the whole thing was about. Left about half way through. Oh and bad casting. Never, never should have used Hershey and Portman as mother and daughter. Sorry twenty thumbs down.
