Requiem for a Dream

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Requiem for a Dream

R,

2000,

1h 41m,

Drama/

Mystery & Thriller

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Imaginatively evoking the inner landscape of human beings longing to connect, to love and feel loved, the film is a parable of happiness gloriously found and tragically lost. "Requiem for a Dream" tells parallel stories that are linked by the relationship between the lonely, widowed Sara Goldfarb and her sweet but aimless son, Harry. The plump Sara, galvanized by the prospect of appearing on a TV game show, has started on a dangerous diet regimen to beautify herself for a national audience.

Critics Consensus

Though the movie may be too intense for some to stomach, the wonderful performances and the bleak imagery are hard to forget.

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

Aug 23, 2025

4/5

Clearly influenced by the cut-and-paste of hip-hop, Requiem stokes and builds its tragic momentum like an expertly mixed dance cut, the kind that catches you so seductively in its rhythms you'll follow it anywhere...

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Mike Clark

USA Today

Aug 23, 2025

2/4

The fidgety style that can energize a fairly lively debut cheapie doesn't work very well with a cast of familiar faces. It detracts from a movie whose historically capable and seemingly well-cast actors might have carried the show by themselves...

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

Aug 23, 2025

Craftwork is aces across the board, with a sound mix that’s particularly dense.

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Gayle Sequeira

BFI

Aug 27, 2025

Ghostly dissolves capture them turning into mere echoes of themselves. Aronofsky speeds up time and draws it out agonisingly, evoking the rush of the high and then its crushing absence.

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Matthew Toomey

ABC Radio Brisbane

Aug 25, 2025

A+

When you see as many films as I do, you often have preconceptions...Then out of nowhere, something comes along that reinvigorates your passion as both a viewer and a critic. This is my drug...This is Requiem For A Dream.

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Michael Gingold

Fangoria

Aug 25, 2025

It may be too much for some viewers to take, but no one ever said addiction is pretty. And Aronofsky earns every right to his excesses by making sure audiences feel the loss of humanity instead of treating them like spectators at a freak show.

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Apr 21, 2019

weird in a fucking great way

Luke S

Mar 21, 2019

An incredibly touching film of addiction, loss and family. Confronting and powerfully honest.

Anakin M

Mar 19, 2019

Requiem for a Dream is a 2000 American psychological tragedy film directed by Darren Aronofsky. This is a somewhat unusual movie, displaying a variety of cinematic techniques, which mostly work well. It really drew me in, and by the end I had connected with the characters and their downfall. An interesting but ultimately tragic film.

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Draco G

Mar 19, 2019

The method of film making isn't as innovative as many would make it seem. But the story is depressing enough.

Anakin G

Mar 9, 2019

A masterclass in disturbing cinema

Draco G

Mar 1, 2019

Confusingly brilliant.

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Darren Aronofsky

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Ellen Burstyn

Sara Goldfarb

Jared Leto

Harry Goldfarb

Jennifer Connelly

Marion Silver

Marlon Wayans

Tyrone C. Love

Christopher McDonald

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Synopsis

Imaginatively evoking the inner landscape of human beings longing to connect, to love and feel loved, the film is a parable of happiness gloriously found and tragically lost. "Requiem for a Dream" tells parallel stories that are linked by the relationship between the lonely, widowed Sara Goldfarb and her sweet but aimless son, Harry. The plump Sara, galvanized by the prospect of appearing on a TV game show, has started on a dangerous diet regimen to beautify herself for a national audience.

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Producer: Eric Watson, Palmer West
Screenwriter: Darren Aronofsky, Darren Aronofsky
Distributor: Artisan Entertainment
Production Co: Industry Entertainment, Protozoa Pictures, Requiem for a Dream LLC, Thousand Words, Truth and Soul Pictures, Artisan Entertainment, Sibling Productions, Bandera Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 27, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 6, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.6M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby SR, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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