Black Swan ««««½ Nina (Natalie Portman) has devoted her entire life to dance. When she is finally cast as the lead, The Swan Queen, she begins to slowly lose grip on reality and begins existing in a dark fairy tale.
This movie literally left me speechless. Not only was the story brilliant but the acting was flawless. Natalie Portman is astounding in this movie, there is no doubt that she will be nominated for an Academy Award for her role in this film. Mila Kunis also gave an amazing performance as Nina's rival/friend.
It was also neat to see the many significant parallels that were worked into the film, for instance, the soundtrack, that was composed by Clint Mansell, is a variation of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" ballet, but played backwards in a distorted manner.
This movie is very dark in many parts and does have some fairly suggestive and sexual moments, so i would not recommend this to younger audiences. But other then that this movie is brilliantly done, keeping you on the edge of your seat and guessing the entire time. Though not for everyone, would highly recommend it.
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