Must See Movie...

Great Film overall

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

This movie has so much sexual assault and abuse in it that I could barely watch it. It's better as a moral story to call the police and not trust creepy dance teachers.

How this movie is critically acclaimed is beyond me. Maybe it's not my genre, maybe I'm not the target audience, but I don't see anything in this movie worth watching it for. Except, like, Winona Ryder, and she was barely in it.This film is boring, and long, and devoid of anything to interest you, so you just have to sit there and wait for it to end. The shots are pretty for the first five minutes, I guess, and then you get tired of the ~symbolism~ and the monotone colours and realise the plot is basically nothing except mental illness and sex and stuff. I'm not sure who thought 'hey, I have a great idea for a movie' and pitched this pile of garbage, but I don't think we'd get along. I don't see the entertainment in watching Natalie Portman suffer and hallucinate. Who wants that?The only reason this movie got 2/10 instead of 1 is Winona Ryder. I think her acting is captivating no matter what role she's in, and I honestly wish this movie focused more on Beth, as her story is at a point I personally find more interesting - a bitter ballerina, formerly a big star, coming to the end of her career. While she acts as a warning of what is to come for Nina, and shows the toll that ballet can have on a dancer, I'd rather see her struggle than what actually goes down in this snoozefest.

The struggle of a person within the struggle of an artist, well captured and with a perfect narrating rhythm that keeps you suffering. All with the exquisite an interesting background that entails the backstage of a ballet production and an amazing soundtrack.

Highly predictible movie thinking its cleverer than it actually is.