Requiem for a Dream (2000)
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Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Jared Leto (Harry), Ellen Burstyn (Sara Goldfarb), Jennifer Connelly (Marion), Marlon Wayans (Tyrone), Christopher McDonald (TV guy)
Country: USA, Effed Up American Movies
Language: English (Optional Eng Subs)
Runtime: 01:41:21
Genres: Drugs, Family
Plot – Spoilers:
Harry loves his mom Sara. Especially when he’s pawning her tv set to fund his drug habits. He’s also in love with Marion, fellow junkie and the disconnected daughter of a wealthy businessman.
Marion’s allowance from her father is controlled by a therapist, whom she fucks when desperate for cash. Harry meanwhile has grand plans of being a successful seller with buddy Tyrone, whose connections seem promising.
Sara sits at home alone most of the time, addicted to a game show that glorifies winners and weight-loss. When she receives an invitation to be a part of the show, she gets obsessed with losing weight to fit into her favorite red dress.
And then life spirals for all four of them, with the spiral of Harry’s world running parallel to his mother’s more socially acceptable addiction.
This is one of my favorites…. Thank you!!!
one of the best movies ever made, Jennifer Connelly is one hot, H O T cunt x3
You know, I’ve gotta say, I find the background music in this move extremely haunting. Also, if you’ve ever wondered where Boz Skag got his name… lol
ADMIN: Thanks again for loading this one. I also learned a thing or two about “Philosophy of the Knife” and “Laboratory of the Devil”…. like they’re one in the same.
If you’re ever feeling too happy and feel like you need to add some misery to make your life complete, this one is a masterpiece.
how depressing
A classic ?
Sweetness?
sickeningly real
This movie stuck with me longer and hit harder than any movie I’ve seen. The score is terrifying as has already been said, and the bad outcomes are very realistic.
oh okay damn
guess I’m gonna go cry now. If you ever feel like trying heroin – watch this movie first.
It feels like an episode of blackmirror
One of the greatest films of all times… It has all elements of a tragic story.
This will not make me popular, but I think this movie is overrated. Of course, it is well-made, the soundtrack by Clint Mansell is wonderful, and Ellen Burstyn’s acting is just incredible. But, in the end, it is just a somewhat mediocre tearjerker: a film that shows in a trivial way how drug addiction may ruin lives. The sad thing in this movie, of course, is the poor old lady who merely wanted something that would make losing weight a little easier for her, and became addicted because of an ‘unethical’ doctor. This seems to me, but I really do not know, a problem typical to the US, associated with that country’s health care system. But, I do not feel sorry for the two young boys. They knew perfectly well what they were getting into. The girl is a somewhat different matter: it is sad, and disgusting, that there are men out there who feel pleasure in sexually harassing women. (To clarify my reaction further: long ago, when I was a student, we shared an apartment building with a drugs dealer. On a daily basis, I saw kids of my age visit this dealer, many of them like zombies, empty eyes and with no voice left. Since that time, marihuana was enough for me. And I also know very well that it is easy to become addicted, I have had to fight alcohol addiction all my life, and never won. But coming back to the movie: all of us have been warned, over and over again, about various forms of drug addiction, so do not become too sentimental about a movie like this.)
Good movie ,and the background music its a classic for sure
Best choice to watch while in quarantine
How did it take me until 2021 to watch this? One of the best movies I have ever seen!
It ain’t all about the size of the boat, It’s the motion in the ocean.
um dos meus favoritos . o drama contido nele é perfeito
A flim which make people reflect. One of the best awareness flim i have seen.
Crazy as fuck
Who tf downvoting all the positive comments?
had the dumb idea to toke every time they shot up and im still coming down as im writing this so take this lightly. been a long ass time since ive felt genuinely scared from a movie, damn did this leave me gutted. our high school had somewhat of a heroin problem for a while, everyone knew someone in some way affected by it, and watching this knowing most of it can happen and is happening somewhere in real life you cant help but feel absolutely helpless. its so easy to just say “dont do drugs” but far trickier to help past that point, which is why i’m glad the movie began after abstinence ceases to be a possibility. there was very little any individual could have done to prevent what happened, the blame lies on the system, with each participant holding eachothers hands behind their backs. only proper drug reform can maybe get us out of this hell. great movie 9/10 expected it to be trippier but thats ok thank you EUM
Masterpiece.
Would like to recommend adding Cookers (2001)
Ran into it by accident some years ago and was thoroughly surprised. I’ve never seen this movie mentioned anywhere.
and i thought SPUN was realistic holy shit
Such a great movie. If you ever want to do hard drugs, watch this first. Sobering up people since the year 2000. Never understood how people can do heroin. I only messed with psychedelics and cannabis. Coke seemed too crazy, and heroin looks gross. I couldn’t mess with needles anyway. Those uppers for the mom were way too many. Im not sure what was scarier. That scene of Marion hugging the bag of heroin after going to that insane party was intense. She gave everything up for that bag.
Most overrated garbage of all time. A couple of camera tricks to get the newborns excited. It’s almost as overpretentious as inception.
shut up
An emotionally manipulative DARE psa with the depth of a puddle. Darren Aronofsky can come up with some cool shots or scenes but its all in service of masterbatory misery porn with nothing to say other than “drugs bad, diet culture bad”.
It wasn’t as I expected, pretty delusional. Still good, but not as great as I wanted to be.
CAN”T BLAME ANYONE IF THIS IS INDEED THE BEST EUM IN THIS WEBSITE SO FAR. 5/5!!!!!
I do like this movie, but I have to pass the parts when junkies doing drugs…. saying this I can appreciate the story and I love the music!
wasn’t high enough for this tragic pile of shit