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The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions become stronger.
Director:
Darren AronofskyWriters:
Hubert Selby Jr. (based on the book by), Hubert Selby Jr. (screenplay), 1 more credit »Stars:
Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly |See full cast and crew »Storyline
Drugs. They consume mind, body and soul. Once you're hooked, you're hooked. Four lives. Four
addicts. Four failures. Despite their aspirations of greatness, they succumb to their addictions.
Watching the addicts spiral out of control, we bear witness to the dirtiest, ugliest portions of the
underworld addicts reside in. It is shocking and eye-opening but demands to be seen by both addicts
and non-addicts alike.Written by Jeff Mellinger <jmell@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
addicts. Four failures. Despite their aspirations of greatness, they succumb to their addictions.
Watching the addicts spiral out of control, we bear witness to the dirtiest, ugliest portions of the
underworld addicts reside in. It is shocking and eye-opening but demands to be seen by both addicts
and non-addicts alike.Written by Jeff Mellinger <jmell@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
Movie Reviews
being someone who had a history with drugs, i found this movie to be slightly more than ground-breaking.
i saw this film in the midst of a downward spiral, and it turned me right around! having friends with the same plans, such as sell drugs to buy more drugs..it made me look at my life and theirs and see exactly what the future had in store.
now, every time i see this movie since escaping that life, i cry. i cry for my past and those who still
live in it. this movie has more to say to people my age than any drug education movie we were
afforded in school. honestly, i wonder when the school systems will wisen up to what is really going
to get kid's attention; movies that show that pros as well as the cons of drugs, or a movie that shows
the complete and utter devastation drugs will bring to your life, and the lives of those around you. honestly, had i seen this film before my sophomore year of high school, i would have never even dreamed of taking more than the prescribed dose of advil.
granted, my little summary or comment of this movie does not entail anything informative about
the movie itself, i must say, i feel this is the best way i know to express my views.
i saw this film in the midst of a downward spiral, and it turned me right around! having friends with the same plans, such as sell drugs to buy more drugs..it made me look at my life and theirs and see exactly what the future had in store.
now, every time i see this movie since escaping that life, i cry. i cry for my past and those who still
live in it. this movie has more to say to people my age than any drug education movie we were
afforded in school. honestly, i wonder when the school systems will wisen up to what is really going
to get kid's attention; movies that show that pros as well as the cons of drugs, or a movie that shows
the complete and utter devastation drugs will bring to your life, and the lives of those around you. honestly, had i seen this film before my sophomore year of high school, i would have never even dreamed of taking more than the prescribed dose of advil.
granted, my little summary or comment of this movie does not entail anything informative about
the movie itself, i must say, i feel this is the best way i know to express my views.
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