I have just finished watching the Black Swan, and I'm trying really hard to figure out how to begin this review. There is so much I have to say about it that my mind is muddled up as to what I should praise first.
Ok, I think it's better if I start with the word that summed up the film for me.
Perfection.
If there is any superlatives to perfection, somebody better give me it because I am out of words. Darren Aronofsky is a genius and with this he composed a great cast of extremely gifted and accomplished actors. Natalie Portman was simple astounding in her performance as Nina Sayers, while Vincent Cassel's portrayal of the tormenting Thomas Leroy was eerily seductive. Mila Kunis was equally provocative with her guileful Lily and Barbara Hershey was everything a controlling mother should be. Winona Ryder was also irrefutable as the aged prima ballerina, scorned and abandoned for the young ingenue, reminding us that the short pause in her career never tarnished her talent.
