Nina Sayers is a technically flawless dancer, but she struggles to find the sensuality needed to play the seductive Black Swan.
Natalie Portman stars as Nina, whose obsession with perfection is quite literally driving her crazy. Portman is sure to be a front-runner for the Oscar. Parts like this are all too rare for actresses. Also stunning is Mila Kunis who has officially shed her cocoon as the annoying girlfriend on That 70s Show. She impressed me as smart and sexy in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and takes that to another degree here. Both actresses have received Golden Globe and SAG nominations.
Darren Aronofsky is his usual self as a master of heavy, visceral material.
Ultimately, however, I don’t think the script is strong enough for this to go all the way. Some moments are downright hokey. It’s almost as if they took a script that could have easily been a throw-away thriller and gave it to an Oscar-caliber production team.
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