Requiem for a Dream

R18
2000
|
102 mins
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Darren Aronofsky's modern-day fable is set on the rusted mean streets of Coney Island, Brooklyn. The dual storyline parallels four... More

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Requiem for a Dream | Ratings & Reviews

"Aronofsky is so compelling, so visionary a filmmaker, he keeps us riveted to his film as tightly as Sara is to her TV set."

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times

"A phantasmagoria of self-destructive obsession that is so visually astounding it becomes its own saving grace."

San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco Chronicle

"In Requiem for a Dream, there’s nothing going on but style, and ultimately, that just isn’t enough."

Slant MagazineSlant Magazine

"One of those rare films to fail because of a surfeit of ideas, rather than the opposite."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

"There are two things though that lift this movie above the norm: one is the staggering performances from all the players... and the other is the flamboyant and innovative visual style of director Darren Aronofsky..."

BBCBBC

"No one interested in the power and magic of movies should miss it."

Rolling StoneRolling Stone

"It's an almost unbearably bleak view and its lack of any obvious redemptive moral message will revolt some."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"Aronofsky draws astonishing performances from his actors."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

"Unfortunately... it plummets in an inexorable, almost mechanical spiral."

Chicago ReaderChicago Reader

"A powerful fable about love and addiction that manages to be darkly humorous when it isn't graphic or harrowing in the extreme."

New York PostNew York Post

"Can a movie be banal and highly original at the same time? If so, that movie is Requiem for a Dream."

SalonSalon

"Aronofsky brings a new urgency to the drug movie by trying to reproduce, through his subjective camera, how his characters feel, or want to feel, or fear to feel."

Roger EbertRoger Ebert

"It's two hours of slumming in a vision of hell hatched from bourgeois comfort."

Boston GlobeBoston Globe

"Merely uses innovative means to tell a trite story."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"(A) graphically depressing, downward spiral to hell."

The Washington PostThe Washington Post

Requiem for a Dream | Details

Rating
R18,
Runtime
102
Genre
Drama
Country of origin
USA