Psycho sexual thriller. Are there three better words put together in our language? Maybe macaroni and cheese. Sky-high heels. I don't know. When a movie is put together this well, psycho sexual thriller might beat eating a great bowl of Mac while wearing your favorite stilettos.
I haven't liked a movie this much in a long time. Winter's Bone rocked, and I want to see it again, but this blew me away! You have got to go watch Natalie Portman. She is the gal to beat for Best Actress at this time. In one movie she plays sweet and virginal, a repressed daughter isolated by an overbearing mother, an ambitious dancer, a paranoid member of the troup, a dancer being eaten alive by her role, a sexual predator. The fear that shows on her face, the nervousness that suddenly will transform to avaricious hunger and control, is amazing.
I cannot believe Darren Aronofsky pulled this off. On its face, this should be a nutty horror film, but with acting and editing and cinematography and so much creativity and MOOD, this is a ride in somebody's mind. I think it's a ride in Aronofsky's mind, with Natalie as a translator. She needs a bunch of awards for this one.
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