Black Swan (2010)

Black Swan rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8/10· 883K votes

Rotten Tomatoes85%

Metacritic79%

TMDb7.686/10· 16K votes

With 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 79/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Black Swan

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."

Cast of Black Swan

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  Natalie Portman

  as Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen

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  Mila Kunis

  as Lily / The Black Swan

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  Vincent Cassel

  as Thomas Leroy / The Gentleman

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  Barbara Hershey

  as Erica Sayers / The Queen

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  Winona Ryder

  as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan

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  Benjamin Millepied

  as David Moreau / The Prince

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  Ksenia Solo

  as Veronica / Little Swan

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  Kristina Anapau

  as Galina / Little Swan

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  Janet Montgomery

  as Madeline / Little Swan

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  Sebastian Stan

  as Andrew / Suitor

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  Toby Hemingway

  as Tom / Suitor

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  Sergio Torrado

  as Sergio / Rothbart

Black Swan facts

Budget

$13M

Box office

$329.4M

Our take on Black Swan

Darren Aronofsky pushes his 2010 psychological horror-drama to a fevered pitch, following a dedicated ballerina who lands the lead in a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and watches her grip on sanity loosen under the pressure. The film treats artistic perfectionism as a slow-motion breakdown, blurring reality and paranoia until the stage and the mind become indistinguishable. Its intensity and body-horror flourishes make it demanding rather than comforting. This one is for viewers drawn to unsettling, tightly wound character studies about ambition, self-punishment and the cost of chasing an ideal. Best approached when you want something disquieting and immersive rather than easy or reassuring.