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Having the distinction of being one of the most controversial movies ever, Requiem for a Dream is a stunning epic movie about the dangers of drug use, and not just that, but peoples' desires to belong and to ultimately be happy. First of all, I had no clue what 'Requiem' meant, so I looked it up. Requiem is "a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person." That being said, I still don't understand the title of this movie. Whereas most movies depend on dialogue and speaking as a main focal point of their movie, Reqiuem doesn't necessarily depend on those aspects. Instead, by using fantastic camera angles, intelligent motion-warping systems and makeup/costume design, Reqiuem shows the slow degeneration of four individuals who are hooked on drugs...and struggle to find out where they belong. Widow Sara Goldfarb (beautifully acted by one of the greats in cinematic history, Ellen Burstyn), is living alone and is addicted to a game show/infomercial (I'm not sure which it is). All she does is sit on her chair watching the show. She gets a chance to appear on the show and realizes that she's too fat to fit into her red dress, the one she wore to her son's graduation, so she starts taking diet pills to loose weight, and quickly becomes addicted to them. She is the only one in the movie who has stunning dialogue, because she spends most of the time in the movie alone or with her imagination, and watching her and feeling her pain of being alone is stunning and heart-breaking. All she wants is to have someone she can care for, and she wants to see her son happy. Her son Harry (Jared Leto) is a drug-addicted drug-peddling man who often gets high off his own stuff and tries to make money to make himself and his girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) happy. Marion herself is on the drugs and has strong desires to be a fashion designer, but when the drug money stops coming in, she resorts to prostitution to get money. Harry's friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) is just as addicted to the drugs as he is selling it, and in the mean streets he realizes that drug peddlers are often killed, as he witnesses it a couple times. As you watch this movie, the hard facts of drug use hits home. Anyone who thinks that doing drugs and peddling drugs is the way to easy street and happiness, I strongly urge you to watch this movie and allow the message to hit home. Profound, compelling, and downright real. That is Requiem for a Dream. Sara Goldfarb: I'm somebody now, Harry. Everybody likes me. Soon, millions of people will see me and they'll all like me. I'll tell them about you, and your father, how good he was to us. Remember? It's a reason to get up in the morning. It's a reason to lose weight, to fit in the red dress. It's a reason to smile. It makes tomorrow all right. What have I got Harry, hm? Why should I even make the bed, or wash the dishes? I do them, but why should I? I'm alone. Your father's gone, you're gone. I got no one to care for. What have I got, Harry? I'm lonely. I'm old. Harry Goldfarb: You got friends, Ma. Sara Goldfarb: Ah, it's not the same. They don't need me. I like the way I feel. I like thinking about the red dress and the television and you and your father. Now when I get the sun, I smile. From boxofficemojo.com: Requiem for a Dream Artisan 1 hr 42 min Domestic: $3,635,482 Worldwide: $7,390,108 email this review to a friend
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