Director Darren Aronofky (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler) brings us Black Swan, a psychological thriller starring a favorite of mine, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel.
The film is beautifully done, brillantly acted and holds a very artistic value. Natalie Portman was fantastic and will most likely, or at least should, win the Oscar for Best Actress. I guess im a bit of a fanboy for her but she is truly deserving as she was flawless in her role as Nina Sayers.
The film overall is an Allegory for the classic story of The Swan Lake. Nina who is the best dancer at the most prestigious ballet studio in New York and their forthcoming production has her cast as the Swan Queen. Nina struggles with the role as she can do the White Swan flawlessly but is too stiff and obssed with being perfect to convincingly do the role of the Black Swan. She lives with her overbearing mother who controls virtually every aspect of her life. But when Lily (Kunis) steps in to the studio Nina begins to loosen up but at the same time descendsinto madness as she believes Lily is trying to steal the role. We see this slowly build up, all coming to a head on the Ballets opening night.
Natalie Portman truly owns the movie and is perfect in every aspect. It not often that these artsy films that end up with a lot of Oscar consideration end up being really enjoyable for me but this was a suprise and I was not disapppointed like I was expecting, My only gripe is that it could have been a little darker in content and reveal her insanity at a slower rate but other wise beautifully done.
Black Swan recieves 8 "Red Eyes"... out of 10.
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