A look at drug addiction in middle-class America, as experienced by two generations of the same family. Mom, desperate to lose weight to get onto a TV show, becomes addicted to diet pills, while the youngsters, who became drug dealers as a temporary way to make some quick cash, sample their products and find them irresistable. As the weather deteriorates from summer to winter, so too does the family.
101 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity)
Drama
Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald, Louise Lasser, Keith David, Sean Gullette, Dylan Baker, Gregg Bello
Director
Darren Aronofsky
Screenplay
Hubert Selby Jr., Darren Aronofsky, from the novel by Hubert Selby Jr.
Music
Kronos Quartet, Clint Mansell
Cinematography
Matthew Libatique
Sound formats
Dolby Digital
Soundtrack
Available
Made in
2000
Produced by
Artisan Entertainment, Bandeira Entertainment, Industry Entertainment, Protozoa Pictures, Requiem for a Dream LLC, Sibling Productions, Thousand Words, Truth and Soul Pictures
Anne Marie Alikashuak (18): This movie has got to be the greatest movie of this lifetime. It doesn't sugar coat the reality of drug abuse, it tells it like it is. I love this movie.
