The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

This movie is just freakinly awesome. I got so involved in the movie that i never knew when the time passed during movie. BOTH LEAD ACTORS ARE BRILLIANT.

This is a film about acceptance of death. The general tone of this film is earthy, dreamy, and calm. All visuals are carefully composed and very pleasant to the eyes, because Aronofsky is the kind of director who knows his lenses. The music, scored by Aronofsky's long time collaborator Clint Mansell, is captivating and inspiring. Aronofsky's script is experimental and a bit coarse, but full of strong details. The characters are a bit one-dimensional, but skilled actors give them sufficient depth. The film features one simple main narrative, and two parallel fantasy narratives (with lots of elaborate fantasy imagery). The main narrative takes place in the present. The fantasy narratives take place in the past and in the future respectively. The fantasy narratives are not realistic or logical, nor are they supposed to be. Unfortunately this is confusing, and some viewers seem to believe that something super complex is happening and that they need to understand it like in one of those "Inception"-type movies. But that is wrong. The fantasy narratives are more like dream sequences, used to express stuff about the main narrative in a more powerful, visual language which is more accessible to the unconscious. The narration of the fantasy narratives is fast paced, which prevents boredom, but the drawback of this is that there is not much time to build mood. Therefore the mood building seems a little clumsy at times, and some moments which are intended to produce sadness or goosebumps might make you chuckle instead, or you'll find them pretentious. But the artist's intention is always clear and I was willing to stay with Aronofsky's vision and take all scenes serious in order to enjoy the film. This film is definitely a break from the boring Hollywood conveyor belt. It bombed at the box office which suggests that most people dislike it. But some people will love it, and so do I.

This film is so great, so flawless. I have watched and re-watched it so many times over the years. The story, the actor, the music, especially the music. Everything is so perfect. A masterpiece.

Death is a part of life. Most of us have lost a loved one, fewer have lost someone at the center of our universe, but that day is coming. Tommy struggles to accept death. As a man of science, he can not accept it. He is trapped between a world of solutions and a profound love that defies explanation. He does not accept it, perhaps for many years, then finally he listens to the words of his late love. Perhaps the reason he can not accept it is that he gave up the precious few moments he had left to his ill fated attempt to save her from the inevitable. Often we give up those moments with our loved ones. Some of us because of work, sometimes because we forget what those people really mean to us. I need this reminder about once a year, to remember how important my wife is to me, my children. They are my life and soul. Life is fragile, and death puts life in the proper perspective. Those that say Hugh Jackman overacted this are wrong. Grieving looks just like this. I highly doubt Brad Pitt could have done this. Cinematography and story are amazing. It takes watching the movie a few times just to get the basic message, a few more to figure out if the future part even happened. This movie is one of the greatest achievements of modern movie making art in my opinion, please do yourself a favor and own it.