Black Swan

3.44
    Black Swan
    2010

    Synopsis

    A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.

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    Cast

    • Natalie PortmanNina Sayers / The Swan Queen
    • Mila KunisLily / The Black Swan
    • Vincent CasselThomas Leroy / The Gentleman
    • Barbara HersheyErica Sayers / The Queen
    • Winona RyderBeth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
    • Benjamin MillepiedDavid Moreau / The Prince
    • Ksenia SoloVeronica / Little Swan
    • Kristina AnapauGalina / Little Swan
    • Janet MontgomeryMadeline / Little Swan
    • Sebastian StanAndrew / Suitor

    Recommendations

    • 100

      New York Magazine (Vulture)

      This is, no doubt about it, a tour de force, a work that fully lives up to its director's ambitions.
    • 88

      Chicago Sun-Times

      A full-bore melodrama, told with passionate intensity, gloriously and darkly absurd. It centers on a performance by Natalie Portman that is nothing short of heroic.
    • 88

      Chicago Tribune

      Is Black Swan high-minded? I'm happy to say: No. It is extremely high-grade hokum, which is to say it offers several different and combustible varieties.
    • 83

      Entertainment Weekly

      Lurid and voluptuous pulp fun, with a sensationalistic fairy-tale allure. You can't take it too seriously, but you can't tear your eyes away from it, either.
    • 80

      Boxoffice Magazine

      With Natalie Portman dominating the action and exhibiting a screen maturity not seen from her before, this all-stops-out Grand Guignol melodrama exhibits more than enough blood, sweat and tears (emphasis on the blood) to score nicely beyond the ballet crowd.
    • 80

      Movieline

      Aronofsky isn't loose enough, or canny enough, to be in touch with its camp soul.
    • 80

      New York Daily News

      A psychosexual thriller that lures its viewers into a woozy nightmare.
    • 75

      Boston Globe

      Some girls fight over men. Ballerinas fight over parts. But the occasional brilliance of Black Swan is that it's a one-way fight. Nina battles herself.

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