Requiem for a Dream - Director's Cut

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Summary: Hypnotic, Brilliant, Nightmare... A Cinematic Work Of Art...
Review: Many have attempted to tackle the cliche topic of addiction on film. Many valiant attempts have been made. Yet somehow no other film has ever hit me so hard. I witnessed this incredible movie at the theater, and when it ended an uncomfortable, unforgettable aura and silence lurked in the theater. All those in attendence were blown away and unable to even move immediately after. I was paralyzed, trying to grasp what I just witnessed. This is a heart breaking, wonderful, and TRUE movie. To lump this in with other drugs films is to belittle it. Sheerly from a cinematic stand point this movie is amazing. The cinematography is truly gripping. I love how this movie spirals down with increasing intensity like a runaway locomotive. Aronofsky is a true visionary. This movie was not suppossed to make you feel good. I am glad there are not more movies of this nature. This film should be seriously shown to all high school kids so they can obtain a realistic perspective on the spector of drugs. This amazing film was not just about drugs. It was about dreams and the fragile nature of humans. Do yourself a favor and buy this movie. Support those who make bold and daring art.

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Summary: An emotional plunge into a realm of despair
Review: Requiem for a Dream has to be one of the best movies that I have watched. This movie does not contain explosions, car chases, or shoot-outs that other movies rely on to draw an audience. What Requiem possesses is far beyond that on an intellectual and emotional level. This film will take you on a journey through aspects of life that most people either ignore or don't realize exists. RFAD is about four individuals whose dreams to better themselves (be it finacially, physically, or emotionally) take possession of their being and eventually destroy any aspect of their lives worth living for. Requiem illustrates how the desire to be accepted by others and oneself can lead to disastorous results. Words cannot describe the emotions one will experience while watching this work of art. Journey through a tragic example of addiction, desire, and loss as Requiem will put into perspective what truly is important in life.

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Summary: No thank you
Review: This movie was very beutiful, but it was just too depressing. I have better ways to spend two hours than to watch something so sad.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: All I can say is the first 45 minutes or so I was skeptical about this movie, but from the 45 min mark on the movie got quit intense. I dont want to say to much, but, it is a movie you will hate or love there is no in between. Like I said for the first 45 minutes i was not sure but the last 45 minutes was just so AWESOME its hard to not tell anyone not to check this movie out.

the ending is completley unexpected as it had me just in complete shock, and up to an an hour and half later still thinking about it. It is so realistic and it can happen to anyone in any situation it just make you think wow im lucky not be like that and it hits you right in the heart, wher I actually felt sorry for the mother, Harry ,marloin wayans [whatever his name was , and the girlfriend. The most shocking is what comes of the girlfriedn and the mother. for $10 the movie is well worth quit a intense ending it might offend some , but let me say one thing it was as realitic as it gets. Just an amazing ending and very emotional. Great job.

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Summary: The most powerful fim ever made! My all-time favorite!
Review: Without getting too in depth....'Requiem For a Dream' is the story of Harry (Leto), his mother Sara (Burstyn), his homeboy Tyrone (Wayans), and his girlfriend Marion (Connely). Each one with hopes and dreams of the good life. A dream of eternal happiness. Each one quickly begins to take a big plunge downhill toward utter despair and lonliness. Finally, they each reach their breaking point and find themselves in the most awful of situations.....

'Requiem' is powerful, stunning, gut-wrenching, and downright heart-breaking. It is brilliantly revealing and gritty. Holding nothing back, and giving no leeway to the squeemish. Ellen Burstyn is spectacular, but Leto is the one who really lights up the screen like few have ever done.

This film is permanantly branded in my brain. After I saw it for the first time, I was literally numb. My body felt empty and ailing. The films effects are almost hypnotic and are gauranteed to leave you nothing short of stunned. It will literally take your breath away, and might just make you a bit sick. It is a film the no one who watches it can possibly forget. If I ever see a more powerful film than 'Requiem' so long as I live, I will truly be shocked.

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Summary: WOW
Review: What a hilarious movie! So funny. If you like to have a good time watching a movie, see this one NOW!

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Summary: Requiem for a Dream
Review: Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream is strangely captivating. After watching it the first time, I decided to never watch it again because of its raw darkness. The next day I was watching it again.
The characters are likeable, but their lives are destroyed by their choices. It is painful to watch the characters go farther and farther down into their nightmarish lows.
However, everyone should watch Requiem for a Dream because of its honest portrayal of drug use. Some aspects of the movie are incredible, like the artistic qualities of the film, the acting ability, and how easy the story is to relate to.
Other aspects of Requiem for a Dream were annoying, but easily forgiven. The movie has a loose plot because the story is about observing the spiraling downfall of the character's lives. The filmmaking style can become aggravating because of how repetitive it is. And I had a quirky problem with trying to start the DVD, because an infomercial plays when I press the `play movie' button. I had to start the movie through `scene selection'.


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Summary: Powerful and gripping
Review: This is a movie you will either love or hate. There's no inbetween on this one.

First of all, this movie was not made to make you feel good. It doesn't end happily ever after. It's brutal and it's real.

"Requiem" follows a year in the lives of four people: Harry (Jared Leto), his girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly), his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans), and his mother Sara (Ellen Burstyn).

In the beginning, all is well for the most part. Sara, a widow, lives by herself and is lonely, but perks up when she receives a call that she's been picked to be on television. She immediately decides to try to lose some weight so she can fit into the red dress that she had worn to Harry's graduation years earlier. She tries some diets, but none seem to work, so she goes to visit a specialist that gives her some pills. She begins to take them, and they seem to work like magic. She's losing a ton of weight.

In the meantime, Harry and his friends decide they should try to earn some money by selling heroin. Marion wants to open her own clothing store, so they save up money in order to buy a building where she can set up shop.

Everything is well.

Then the characters begin their downward spiral to hell.

This film, which is based off Herbert Selby Jr.'s novel, is masterfully powerful. Even if you hate the movie, it will affect you. The story is raw and emotional, revolting and gripping.

Besides the powerful story, everything about the way the movie was made is what makes it great. Aronofsky's direction is phenomenal. He makes brilliant uses of split-screens and the sound effects and clips of the drug use are original and creative. The music in the movie, all orchestrated, is exquisite. It fits so perfectly with everything that is happening on screen. And the acting is also wonderful. Leto and Connelly both perform the best roles of their careers, in my opinion, and Wayans shows that he can really do drama. But it's Burstyn's performance that is the most outstanding. She really grips your heart and doesn't let it go throughout the whole film.

While I don't claim that you will love this movie, I think everyone should watch it at least once and form their own opinion of it. It will unsettle you and it will make you think. And that's what makes it worth watching.

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Summary: Painful and powerful
Review: Writer/director Darren Aronofsky's (with co-writer Hubert Selby, Jr., based on his novel) harrowing film is a study of addiction in all its forms-not just addiction to drugs, but also to television, dreams, fame, sugar, and sex. Harry (Jared Leto) and Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) are a couple buddies who hustle drugs and get high together; they even manage to set money aside and feel like they are making successes of themselves in their own way. They discover how precarious their position really is when the supply of drugs in their area dries up and they are forced to go on the road to find more. Marion (Jennifer Connolly) is Harry's beautiful girlfriend, who squanders money from her wealthy family while she feeds her addiction and dreams of opening a boutique with Harry's help. Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) is Harry's naïve mother, whose belief that she will appear on an infomercial leads her into an addiction to diet pills in an effort to lose weight.

Each of these characters is sustained by a dream that enables them to use drugs, believing that it is a temporary stage on their way to a brighter future. By the end of the film, all of their dreams have been cruelly but unavoidably crushed and the characters themselves have spiraled into their separate lonely hells. It's not easy to watch because the talented cast invests their characters with much compassion.

Don't see this film if you are one of those people who believes that all movies should make us feel good. But do see it if you believe films should make us feel deeply.