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Requiem for a Dream
Crime, Drama - 2000
8.3
79%
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The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
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Rated:
Unrated
Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
6 Oct 2000
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$4,500,000
Revenue:
$7,390,108
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 37 wins & 70 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Conveys, visually, sonically and dramatically, the siren call of addiction like no other movie has.
– Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press,
19 Jan 2001
rotten:
If this is the future of cinema, I'd rather be home watching television.
– Christopher Kelly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com,
19 Jan 2001
fresh:
[It] may be a bummer to some audiences, so harsh is its view of the drug culture. But no one interested in the power and magic of movies should miss it.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2001
fresh:
Burnished camerawork and ex-Pop Will Eat Itself head Mansell's part-punchy, part-elegiac score reinforce and counterpoint the increasingly nightmarish visuals.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
A staccato narrative parallels the experiences and hallucinations of a woman on drugs with those of her son and his friends.
– Lisa Alspector,
Chicago Reader,
20 Sep 2011
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