Requiem for a Dream

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Requiem for a Dream

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2000

1h 41m

Drama

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Imaginatively evoking the inner landscape of human beings longing to connect, to love and feel loved, the film is a parable of happiness gloriously found and tragically lost. "Requiem for a Dream" tells parallel stories that are linked by the relationship between the lonely, widowed Sara Goldfarb and her sweet but aimless son, Harry. The plump Sara, galvanized by the prospect of appearing on a TV game show, has started on a dangerous diet regimen to beautify herself for a national audience.

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Though the movie may be too intense for some to stomach, the wonderful performances and the bleak imagery are hard to forget.

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

Aug 23

4/5

Clearly influenced by the cut-and-paste of hip-hop, Requiem stokes and builds its tragic momentum like an expertly mixed dance cut, the kind that catches you so seductively in its rhythms you'll follow it anywhere...

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Mike Clark

USA Today

Aug 23

2/4

The fidgety style that can energize a fairly lively debut cheapie doesn't work very well with a cast of familiar faces. It detracts from a movie whose historically capable and seemingly well-cast actors might have carried the show by themselves...

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

Aug 23

Craftwork is aces across the board, with a sound mix that’s particularly dense.

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Gayle Sequeira

BFI

Aug 27

Ghostly dissolves capture them turning into mere echoes of themselves. Aronofsky speeds up time and draws it out agonisingly, evoking the rush of the high and then its crushing absence.

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Matthew Toomey

ABC Radio Brisbane

Aug 25

A+

When you see as many films as I do, you often have preconceptions...Then out of nowhere, something comes along that reinvigorates your passion as both a viewer and a critic. This is my drug...This is Requiem For A Dream.

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Michael Gingold

Fangoria

Aug 25

It may be too much for some viewers to take, but no one ever said addiction is pretty. And Aronofsky earns every right to his excesses by making sure audiences feel the loss of humanity instead of treating them like spectators at a freak show.

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored 4d

One of the most powerful movies I’ve ever seen!

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Lorenzo G

@garofalo_lor Feb 4

Requiem for a Dream is a gripping, psychodramatic, fast-paced, and unique film. It's hard to bear. At times, it almost makes you look away from the screen. It's psychologically intense, because the viewer already knows more or less where the story will end, but sees it unfold in small, increasingly painful and dehumanizing steps. It's a terribly raw, acute, and accurate story of where addictions lead. The story is relatively simple from a narrative standpoint. The performances and dialogue are on point. The techniques used to make the actors identify with the characters are evident. The epic yet crippled leitmotif creates an atmosphere of limping suffering.

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Jay D

@JayJustLovesMovies Jan 27

Cinematic masterpiece that showcases the powerful writing and directing of Darren Aronofsky. The four main characters are perfectly cast, along with all supporting roles. The real magic is in every shot, by which I mean there isn't a single wasted one. There is such thought behind framing, angle, palette that you can pause at pretty much any moment and have a perfect image. The soundtrack is beyond powerful, but unfortunately has been very overused since. Just remember going in that it was scored for this movie. It was first.

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Mark B

@perryhock Jan 20

Has stood the test of time and still packs a powerful punch with darkly comic undertones, A treat!

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S4l3m s

@Salem_swag Jan 19

Me encanta como es retratada la adicción, es un retrato crudo del mundo de las drogas y amo como visualmente nos hace sentir esa sensación de incomodidad y ansiedad que sientes al ver esta película, por un momento quise quitarla ya que empezó a ser abrumadora y creo que cumplió muy bien su objetivo

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Joanne H

Jan 11

I turned it off after 39 minutes. Bored

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Requiem for a Dream: Official Clip - I Know It's Pretty

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Requiem for a Dream: Official Clip - Smart, Loyal and Not a Junkie

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Synopsis

Imaginatively evoking the inner landscape of human beings longing to connect, to love and feel loved, the film is a parable of happiness gloriously found and tragically lost. "Requiem for a Dream" tells parallel stories that are linked by the relationship between the lonely, widowed Sara Goldfarb and her sweet but aimless son, Harry. The plump Sara, galvanized by the prospect of appearing on a TV game show, has started on a dangerous diet regimen to beautify herself for a national audience.

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Producer: Eric Watson, Palmer West
Screenwriter: Darren Aronofsky, Darren Aronofsky
Distributor: Artisan Entertainment
Production Co: Industry Entertainment, Protozoa Pictures, Requiem for a Dream LLC, Thousand Words, Truth and Soul Pictures, Artisan Entertainment, Sibling Productions, Bandera Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 27, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 6, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.6M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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