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Name: Requiem for a Dream
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Genre: crime, drama
Released: 2000
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 8.3

Requiem for a Dream has an iRankMovies score of 79.4/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Release:2000

Runtime:1h 42m

Country:United States

Director:Darren Aronofsky

Language:English

Genre

CrimeDrama

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Keywords

IsolationDrug AddictionHallucinationTragedyPsychological Drama

iRank79

Requiem for a Dream rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.3/10· 967K votes

Rotten Tomatoes80%

Metacritic71%

TMDb8.013/10· 11K votes

With 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.3/10 on IMDb and 71/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Requiem for a Dream

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Cast of Requiem for a Dream

Ellen Burstyn
as Sara Goldfarb
Jared Leto
as Harry Goldfarb
Jennifer Connelly
as Marion Silver
Marlon Wayans
as Tyrone C. Love
Christopher McDonald
as Tappy Tibbons
Louise Lasser
as Ada
Marcia Jean Kurtz
as Rae
Janet Sarno
as Mrs. Pearlman
Suzanne Shepherd
as Mrs. Scarlini
J
Joanne Gordon
as Mrs. Ovadia
C
Charlotte Aronofsky
as Mrs. Miles
Mark Margolis
as Mr. Rabinowitz

Requiem for a Dream facts

Budget: $4.5M
Box office: $7.4M

Our take on Requiem for a Dream

Darren Aronofsky's 2000 drama follows four Coney Island residents whose drug-fueled dreams of a better life curdle as their addictions deepen. What begins as escape becomes a spiral, each character chasing a private fantasy that the habit steadily consumes. As crime and drama, it is unflinching and formally daring, using rhythm, repetition and disorienting editing to put you inside a dependency rather than merely observe it. This is demanding, often distressing viewing, closer to a warning than an entertainment, and it does not soften the descent. It suits viewers ready for uncompromising, emotionally heavy cinema and interested in bold filmmaking, but it is not a film to reach for lightly.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Darren Aronofsky's visceral filmmaking captures addiction's psychological deterioration
•Parallel narratives explore dependency across economic and social boundaries
•Innovative visual language and sound design create immersive sensory experience