
Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dan... (Full plot summary below)
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Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.
Leave your thoughts about Black Swan.
| Philadelphia WeeklySean BurnsIt's either the awesomest stupid movie or the stupidest awesome movie I've seen all year. |
| Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreArtful, epic, operatic even, this thriller set in the world of ballet challenges the viewer with its intelligence and depth and wit. |
| TheShiznit.co.ukAli GrayThough it touches on a number of genres and encapsulates several themes, Black Swan is best viewed as a horror movie - a slow creep into insanity that's touching and terrifying in equal measure. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaDarren Aronofsky's most perfect exploration of his own thematic obsession. |
| Movie HabitRobert DenersteinDances its way through multiple genres with varying degrees of success |
| Triple JMarc FennellSure, it's melodramatic and self-important, but Black swan is still a thing of rare terrifying, heartbreaking, surreal, monstrous and downright orgasmic beauty |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesIt had such an impact on me that I sat staring zombie-like at the closing credits, unable to move. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[A] gorgeously horrific nightmare... magnificently brutal and dread-full, sophisticated in its slipperiness and elegant in its play on the 'evil twin' trope. It's absurdly campy and intensely bleak at the same time. |
| The MercuryTim MartainDirector Darren Aronofsky does a spectacular job of drawing the audience deep into Nina's neuroses, making the viewer feel every uncomfortable twist of her mental instability. |
| ScotsmanAlistair HarknessAronofsky has hit the mark with this masterful blend of Grand Guignol horror and high art, and Natalie Portman at last gets a chance to show how great an actor she can be. |