Requiem for a Dream

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Requiem for a Dream

R

2000

1h 41m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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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.

Critics Consensus

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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Jason Y.

@yargbull Feb 26

Over-hyped and somewhat boring; the characters were not all that interesting, and I never felt it was as “intense and disturbing” as it has always been advertised, appearing on quite a few “most disturbing movies ever”-lists. Not terrible, just not sure I’d recommend it unless you’re a little bored and just need something different to watch (or like captive on an airplane, where I saw it).

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Kevin P

@RT55971421 Feb 26

Easily one of the most visually mesmerizing and heartbreakingly disturbing movies I've ever seen. It's a brutal movie about drug addiction. Yet the hypnotic cinematography and unorthodox editing of onscreen bodily sensations are very ethereal and suck you into its world. It's fun in the first half and slowly spirals into chaos and despair in the second half. Disturbing, yet fascinating. All thanks to the fantastic direction from Darren Aronofsky. The soundtrack is captivating, especially the titular music track Requiem for a Dream/Lux Aeterna. The cast is fantastic. The standout performance is from Ellen Burstyn, who acts her heart out into such a believable and heartbreaking character. The movie has great editing and stylized cinematography. You just want everyone to be happy, despite knowing the inevitability. The final half hour is incredibly tense and disorienting. It's an incredibly powerful cautionary tale about drug addiction AND how we as a society treat drug addicts.

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Ibraheem Aleem K

@iby124 Feb 26

amazing best thing ever the fridge was very scary

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Boo E.

@Boo.Eastland Feb 24

I have watched this film 12 times. It is the best portrayal of the internal chaos of substance addiction and mental health I have seen to date. It's a psychoanalytic psychedelic dive into the many dangers of consumption, loss of meaning, and inhumanity that befalls people who lose themselves to substances. It's an art house film - so know now that it's not "realism".

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power E

@torturecide Feb 17

达伦·阿罗诺夫斯基用令人眩晕的交叉剪辑与扭曲的视觉隐喻，将药物成瘾如何系统性地碾碎四个灵魂的尊严与希望，呈现为一幅触目惊心的精神解剖图。影片的残酷在于其毫无廉价的救赎。当角色在幻觉中拥抱虚幻幸福时，现实的冰冷才更显锋利。它揭示的不仅是个人意志的崩塌，更是家庭、社会与医疗体系共同织就的无形牢笼。这是一部需要用勇气直视的悲剧，它迫使观众反思：我们轻易归咎于"堕落"的苦难背后，究竟隐藏着多少被忽视的结构性暴力？

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Feb 13

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

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Requiem for a Dream: Official Clip - Wait for Me

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Requiem for a Dream: Official Clip - Fetal Position

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Requiem for a Dream: Official Clip - Meaningless

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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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Requiem for a Dream: Official Clip - Feed Me, Sara

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Requiem for a Dream: Official Clip - I Have a Favor to Ask

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Requiem for a Dream: Official Clip - There's My Three Meals, Mr. Smartypants

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Requiem for a Dream: Official Clip - The Red Dress

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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, Mystery & Thriller
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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