Requiem for a Dream The movie

The film Requiem for a Dream is an example of where the system breaks down. This film received an NC-17 from the MPAA. This type of rating says let us protect the youth of Canada by exempting them from a film that in my opinion should be viewed by every high school student. Now usually we would see the film split down the middle and taken to an R so it could be advertised in …

…except, she's the girlfriend and she's let down. By the time you get all the way through this film, very lean at under two hours, you'll be out of breath. It is a towering film, a masterwork, significant, entertaining, enthralling, and poignant. Darren Aronofsky has just officially become a great film maker. Once again thank you Artisan! If it had not been for you this brilliant masterpiece might have been seen by even less people.