Requiem for a Dream

AKA:
Delusion Over Addiction

Written by:
Hubert Selby Jr.

Directed by:
Darren Aronofsky

Made in:
USA in 2000

Actors:
Ellen Burstyn ... Sara Goldfarb
Jared Leto ... Harry Goldfarb
Jennifer Connelly ... Marion Silver
Marlon Wayans ... Tyrone C. Love
Christopher McDonald ... Tappy Tibbons
Louise Lasser ... Ada
Marcia Jean Kurtz ... Rae
Janet Sarno ... Mrs. Pearlman
Suzanne Shepherd ... Mrs. Scarlini
Joanne Gordon ... Mrs. Ovadia
Charlotte Aronofsky ... Mrs. Miles
Mark Margolis ... Mr. Rabinowitz
Michael Kaycheck ... Donut Cop (as Mike Kaycheck)
Jack O'Connell ... Corn Dog Stand Boss
Chas Mastin ... Lyle Russel

Plot:
Requiem for a Dream exposes four paralleled individuals and their menacing addiction to heroin, cocaine, and diet pills (speed). Taking place in Brooklyn amidst the waning Coney Island, the drugs are very easily obtained and keep each main character in its cycle of dependence. The protagonist Harry Goldfarb is your typical heroin junky with an ambitious plan of "Getting off hard knocks," with help from his cocaine crazed girlfriend Marion and his long time friend Tyrone. Meanwhile his widowed mother is obsessed with the glamor of television and eventually finds her way to a dietitian who pushes her into the cycle of drug induced enslavement. IMDB

Review:
I have a few issues with this movie. I didn't really know what to expect going into it. But I wasn't very impressed by the end. The movie dragged, greatly. It took a very long time for anything to get started with the plot. And the best part of the film was by far the mom and the nemisis refrigerator.

The film was too predictable and not very accurate when it came to the hospital/police stuff. The story with the son wasn't interesting until his arm troubles.

If you are looking for a drug movie, watch Trainspotting instead.