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Black Swan

2010 Directed by Darren Aronofsky

A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

Natalie Portman Mila Kunis Vincent Cassel Barbara Hershey Winona Ryder Benjamin Millepied Ksenia Solo Kristina Anapau Janet Montgomery Sebastian Stan Toby Hemingway Sergio Torrado Mark Margolis Tina Sloan Abraham Aronofsky Charlotte Aronofsky Marcia Jean Kurtz Shaun O'Hagan Chris Gartin Deborah Offner Stanley B. Herman Adriene Couvillion Sarah Hay Leslie Lyles John Epperson Patrick Heusinger Anne Bergstedt Jordanova Daralina Komar Tim Lacatena

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Review by brat pitt ★★★★★ 2

pretty extreme version of dance moms
Review by DirkH ★★★★★ 21

Whenever asked to define what the horror genre is to me, I always refer to the works of Edgar Allen Poe, particularly his story the Sphinx. This is a story about a man who is stressed as everyone around him is dying of cholera. He retreats to a country home. There, while sitting at a window, he sees a huge monster running towards his cabin. He is stressed out of his mind, convinced this is a sign of his own imminent death. In the end it was merely a spider that was dangling a couple of inches in front of his eyes. His stressed mind created the monster, feeding his feeling of loss of control over the situation around him.…
Review by rudi ✨ ★★★★★ 3

Oh god
Oh Jesus
Oh wow
Review by CinemaClown ★★★★½ 5

Ingeniously balancing beauty & horror from start to finish, Black Swan is a harrowing depiction of a passion turning into an obsession which ultimately sets in motion a chain of events that results in complete self-destruction. Apart from being one of the best offerings of its year, this psychosexual thriller is also Darren Aronofsky's finest work since his 2000 manic Requiem for a Dream.

The story concerns Nina Seyers; a highly skilled ballet dancer who is chosen as the ballerina for her ballet company's next play 'Swan Lake'. Perfect in the role of the delicate & innocent White Swan character, Nina fails to convincingly pull off the personality that is required for the sly & sensual Black Swan. And in her desperate attempt…
Review by Erik Nordgren ★★★★★

i relate to natalie portman because i too take every artistic criticism to an intensely personal level and love jerking off and stabbing myself
Review by Katie ★★★★★ 3

THIS IS THE SCARIEST MOVIE EVER MADE

Recent reviews

Review by louisa ★★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

i'm super disappointed in myself for holding off on this film for so long, ballet is such a beautiful, haunting subject that more movie directors should play around with. i fucking adore the ending and i've replayed it around 7 times what an amazing watch i can see that i'll be rewatching soon enough
Review by Squalucard ★★★★

Paranoia biatch macht mies Auge auf alle wegen ihrer Hauptrolle und bumst ihr eigenes Gehirn. Wird Sie die Kurve kriegen?
Review by jenn ✧ ifer hwong ★★★★★

thanks i have hangnails!
Review by Emily Cotter ★★★★

Nina Sayers has bigger mummy issues than Normal Bates, discuss.

20 Marks.
Review by Kate L. ★★★★½

i cant even process this film
Review by beefystudios ★★★★ 2

Is it just me or did the soundtrack towards the end of this movie. Sound pretty similar to the Peter Pan movie soundtrack from 2003. Because that’s the vibe I got from it.

The movie was actually really good it took me awhile to consider watching it. But I’m glad I waited awhile. I don’t think it’s a masterpiece like most people say it is.

I’ll probably never watch it again because it really disturbed me in a few scenes. Natalie Portman gives a great performance probably one of her best.

The direction was really good the story was great. The final scene was a bit confusing and out there. I think that’s what the filmmakers were going for they wanted people to be disturbed.
Grade: B+
Review by olijens ★★★★★

Var búinn að gleyma hversu ógeðslega góð þessi mynd er
Review by CozyRy ★★★★★

I don’t normally do movie reviews but I will say this.

Wow.
Review by Nick Isaac ★★★★★

Since the last time I’ve seen this movie, I saw someone say ‘Black Swan is all about how Natalie Portman can’t cum’ and that really informed this viewing.