I didn't like any of the characters. Nina (Natalie Portman) was talented but pathetic. Barbara Hershey played Nina's overprotected Mother/Frustrated former Ballerina-Jock and gave me "Carrie" flashbacks.
I'm not going to pretend that I followed what was real or what was a dream. The Lily character was significant but I wrestled with it. I suppose she was representative of Nina's bottled up dark side. It was easy to hate Thomas, especially early, but he did drive Nina toward the perfection that she sought and finally achieved.
This is a weird film which is to be expected as it's an Aronofsky thing. I've never been to a ballet but I'll be damned if I wasn't on the edge of my seat when Nina took the stage for the opening of Swan Lake. Good stuff.
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I didn't like any of the characters. Nina (Natalie Portman) was talented but pathetic. Barbara Hershey played Nina's overprotected Mother/Frustrated former Ballerina-Jock and gave me "Carrie" flashbacks.
I'm not going to pretend that I followed what was real or what was a dream. The Lily character was significant but I wrestled with it. I suppose she was representative of Nina's bottled up dark side. It was easy to hate Thomas, especially early, but he did drive Nina toward the perfection that she sought and finally achieved.
This is a weird film which is to be expected as it's an Aronofsky thing. I've never been to a ballet but I'll be damned if I wasn't on the edge of my seat when Nina took the stage for the opening of Swan Lake. Good stuff.