A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.
There's a delirium that runs through Black Swan, a sense of stress and anguish and mad momentum, that's both exhilarating and terrifying.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
10 Dec 2010
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At times, Black Swan verges on laughably old school. Still, what a brazen, bold riff on the cost - physical, emotional - of art.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
17 Dec 2010
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Portman, saddled with the near-impossible role of an impenetrable heroine we must care for without ever coming close to understanding, delivers career-high work here...
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
21 Dec 2010
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Practice makes perfectly insane in Black Swan, a tale of one ballerina's psychosexual freakout.
– Rafer Guzman,
Newsday,
3 Jan 2011
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Portman hasn't been this good since her early performances in The Professional and Heat, and is deservedly attracting intense Oscar buzz. Kunis brings to Lily a savvy sexiness, and Cassel is entertainingly smarmy.