Genre: Horror / Drama
Duration: 108 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Stars: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis
IMDb score:
8,0 (892.190)
Releasedate: 3 December 2010
Black Swan plot
"The pressure of perfection."
Ballet dancer Nina (Natalie Portman) is part of a ballet company in which there is fierce competition. The most important dancer at the time, Beth (Winona Ryder), is about to leave and everyone wants to take her place, especially since she had previously played a leading role in Tchaikovsky's popular Swan Lake ballet. According to artistic director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel), she certainly has talent, but she lacks a few things on the mental level. She also has to deal with her playful rival Lily (Mila Kunis) if she wants to have a chance to play the lead role.
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Actors and actresses
Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen
Lily / The Black Swan
Thomas Leroy / The Gentleman
Erica Sayers / The Queen
Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
David Moreau / The Prince
Veronica / Little Swan
Galina / Little Swan
Madeline / Little Swan
Andrew / Suitor
Reviews & comments
tbouwh
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- 5841 messages
- 5440 votes
What a touching movie. Black Swan is compelling, menacing, mysterious and ensures that you are completely sucked into the story for 100 minutes.
The film has many passages that make you think, and even after the closing scene, some events remain a question mark. Therein lies the strength of this film: Black Swan was genuinely scary and incredibly exciting.
The way in which lead actress Portman is constantly chased by delusions is terrifying. I didn't expect Portman to be able to play a role like this so convincingly. Certainly the fact that she danced 80% herself is admirable, and she really looked like a ballerina. Mila Kunis plays a wonderful dark role, which she is perfect for. I only knew her from the saltless Ted; here she shows that she can really act.
The directing and editing is impressive.
So why not a really high score? at times I thought the film dived a little too far into the black hole, and I didn't quite know what to think anymore. I experienced this alternately as a strength and a weakness.
Right after watching this movie I give it 4*, but I will definitely review it again. A deserved top 250/high average.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
I put myself at the back of the line: Black swan also extended in front of me for a long time because I was never really in the mood to watch a ballet film. The currently controversial Aronofsky (mother!) and the beautiful Natalie Portman convinced me.
For good fun, you've come to the wrong place with Aronofsky. Black Swan provides an intriguing insight into the fiercely competitive world of ballet. Ballet may be the theme here, but you can think of some other worlds with the motto "survival of the fittest". The film reminds me of his earlier production 'The wrestler' in which the passion becomes an obsession/addiction that destroys you physically, but especially mentally.
But Black Swan goes further than The Wrestler, deeper and more intense, but above all with greater symbolism and intertwining. Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, the story of the white and the black swan, is perfectly connected with Nina's life, whereby she too literally has to take on this double role.
Black Swan is a visual and auditory gem with a great eye for detail. The acting is of an excellent level. It shows once again that Portman can really be considered a top reference actress. Just like in Jackie, she scores highly here. The make-believe world and hallucinations were always indistinguishable from reality. It makes the film intense and mysterious, a combination of drama and thriller. A film that you literally feel like you (as TornadoEF5 already mentioned), especially with that finger scene.
For me not Aronofsky's best film, but again very successful. I like it: 4.0*
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filmfan0511
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- 1116 messages
- 1147 votes
Superb movie. I actually left Black Swan aside for a long time because the (apparent) subject matter didn't interest me much, but that was a bit wrong. The ballet scenes are gracefully and stylishly portrayed, and the constantly present classical music supports this wonderfully, but this film consists of so much more. In the first place, it is mainly a story about stress and pressure, heavy competition, and the mental and physical consequences that this entails. Natalie Portman puts on a brilliant performance, perhaps the best I've seen from her in fact. The camera is very close to the skin of character Nina throughout the film, so that the viewer is completely moved into her state of mind. Especially at the end this has compelling and disconcerting effects, when Nina mentally slips deeper and deeper and can no longer distinguish reality from fantasy. The last half hour is a kind of psychological [i]body horror[ /i], in which you as a viewer can't help but get dragged into it. At least I wasn't let go until the credits started.
The symbolism between white and black, the white swan and the black swan, is very fascinating throughout the film, and enough scenes remain ambiguous enough to continue to appeal to the imagination, even after the film is done. In any case, invites several viewings. But beyond those ambiguous layers, you have fantastic captivating camera work in Black Swan, the film is perfect on an audiovisual level, and the main focus is on a deeply tragic story. That way it's all a bit more 'real' and more manageable than most of Aronofsky's other films. 4.5*.
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