Review of Black Swan (2010) by Marc R — 16 May 2013
Aronofsky crafts an uncompromising fairy tale of fluidity, camp, intensity, and fervor, making its pleasures very akin to ballet. It refuses to be classified as one thing and goes for entertaining thematic and aesthetic extremes when playing it safe would've resulted in a duller movie.
For all its narrative tricks and freudian imagery, this is quite simply a fable about an artist's price for perfection. Natalie Portman gives the performance of her career, and the great supporting cast gets plenty to chew on.
Whether you fully embrace the movie or not, "Black Swan's" psychological thrills will linger in the mind long after the end credits. Its third act is as glorious, insane, and as fitting a finale as one could imagine for this material.
It felt like a crescendo to a great and eclectic orchestral piece.
This review of Black Swan (2010) was written by Marc R on 16 May 2013.
Black Swan has generally received very positive reviews.
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