Everything you need: unbiased reviews, product specs and great deals.
|
Requiem for a Dream
Price Range:
$3.87 to $28.00
For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut, PI, director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert...
Read More
For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut, PI, director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert Selby's 1968 novel REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, a dark spiral into the abyss of barren fantasies doomed to extinction. However, in Aronofsky's frenetic, visionary, unique, and disturbing style lies the perfect setting for this story of four people whose intertwined lives are filled with eternally hopeful despair. This is a different sort of horror film. Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto) and Marion Silver (Jennifer Connelly) are lovers in Brooklyn with dreams of setting up a small business and spending the rest of their lives in love--their version of the American dream. The two are also desperate heroin addicts, a compulsion that darkens their lives and leads Harry to repeatedly pawn his mother's television. His mother, Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn), is addicted to television, which is why she keeps replacing the stolen set. One day she receives a call from her favorite show, the surrea...
Minimize
|
There are no offers for this product available from our stores at this time.
| Key Information | |
| Stars | Jennifer Connelly |
| Actors | Christopher McDonald |
| Available Formats | DVD: Unrated; Sensormatic Security Tag |
| Directors | Darren Aronofsky |
| UPC | 012236116622 |
| Genre | Dramas |
| Subgenre | Theatrical Release |
| MPAA Rating | R (MPAA) |
| Release Date | 2000 |
| Running Time | 1hr 42min |
| Languages | |
| Original Language | English |
| DVD Editions | |
|
|
|
| VHS Editions | |
|
|
|
| Credits | |
| Screenwriter | Darren Aronofsky |
| Professional Reviews | |
| (02/01/2001, p.79, Dan Jolin): "...Both the direction and performances are Oscar-deservingly outstanding....REQUIEM FOR A DREAM is so devastating that it resonates like the echo of a dying scream..." -- 4 out of 5 stars | |
|
Product Review Summary
|
154 Reviews from Shopping.com
|
| Overall Rating: |
|
| Action Factor: |
|
| Special Effects: |
|
| Suspense: |
|
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights: Darren Aronofsky Wakes Us From the Drug Dream
Pros: The performances, especially Burstyn's, are gripping; visual style is eye-popping Cons: The mood is unrelentingly grim; some scenes of depravity will shock and offend viewers Bottom Line: Ooh...Dreamy Repose
Pros: Acting, Story, Direction, Atmosphere Cons: Two Words--Jennifer Connelly Bottom Line: Addicted to Requiem for a Dream
Pros: Aronofsky's film is amazing--acting, script, music...it's all perfect. Cons: Very dark, extremely emotionally draining. Bottom Line: Drugs are the Death of Dreams. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Pros: Everything; the alienation oozes off the screen. Cons: Depressing as heck; Double feature with The Wrestler, and it's a Prozac evening! Bottom Line: This should be required veiwing for every teen in America. A true Masterpeice. Read MoreBook Vs. Movie: Requiem For a Dream (film)
Pros: stunning filmwork, brilliant performances Cons: it's a disturbing ride Bottom Line: This will Prevent You From Sleeping Tonight
Pros: Excellent Cinematic Telling of a Tale of Drug Addiction Cons: Frightening imagery-may be too much for the general public Bottom Line: A dream you won't soon forget.
Pros: Burstyn, Connelly, Aronofsky, Mansell Cons: It's brutally frank and often quite ugly. Read More Requiem for a Dream: Aronofsky's Creative Illustration of Drugs, Self Destruction & Jennifer Connelly Naked
Pros: Aronofsky's brilliant direction, piercing score, Ellen Burstyn Cons: Difficult viewing Bottom Line: "Juice my Sarah!" Requiem for a Dream: Intense, Effective, and Artful. (Lean-N-Mean)
Pros: EVERYTHING. Cons: Too intense for many. Bottom Line: How does it feel to be a victim of your own addictions?
Pros: Performances, visuals, direction, and thematic content. Cons: Why haven't more people seen this film? Bottom Line: |
