Black Swan Review

Black Swan

Director:

Darren Aronofsky

Stars:

Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel

Rated R for

strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use.

Without revealing much, Black Swan is about a young woman achieving her goal to be casted for and to play the Swan Queen in the Swan Lake ballet.

The entire movie and it's characters give off a very dark feeling, and the actors and score add to the surreal darkness that you feel while watching the movie. The director does an amazing job of telling the story through Nina's (Natalie Portman) eyes and Natalie Portman does an astounding job transforming into Nina for the movie capturing both her innocence near the beginning and her will and transformation near the end.

Pros

-The acting was nearly flawless, really got you into the movie

-They explain the ballet so people who don't know the story behind it (like me) can follow along quite nicely

-The director shows what it's like to be inside Nina's mind and her transformation very well

-The movie amplifies natural human qualities such as jealousy & deceit to show the characters personas very well

-The dark theme was well maintained throughout and executed perfectly

Cons

-This movie is not for everyone, simple as that

-Starts off slow, attention is required

-With the kind of movie it is, there isn't much reason to re-watch this movie many times

All in all, Black Swan is an amazing movie with great acting, plot depth & is visually stunning