My Movie Reviews: Black Swan (2010)

Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers in Black Swan (2010)

Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, and Mila Kunis. Its plot revolves around a production of Swan Lake by a prestigious New York City ballet company.

The Script was written by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin with the film being directed by Darren Aronofsky and it had a limited release on December 10, 2010 and was released nationwide on December 17, 2010.

THE CAST

Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers

Mila Kunis as Lily

Vincent Cassel as Thomas Leroy

Barbara Hershey as Erica Sayers

Wionna Ryder as Beth MacIntyre

Ksenia Solo as Veronica

Kristina Anapau as Galina

Janet Montgomery as Madeline

Sebastian Stan as Andrew

Toby Hemingway as Tom

Sergio Torrado as Sergio

SYNOPSIS

Nina Sayers is a ballerina at a prestigious ballet company New York City. Nina is desperately wanting to be the Swan Queen in the company's new production of Swan Lake. She has the perfection and grace of the White Swan, but doesn't have the sensuality needed to portray the seductive Black Swan. Thomas Leroy, the ballet director, chooses Nina for the part because he feels she has what it takes to be phenomenal. But when a new ballerina joins the company named Lily, Nina feels threaten and begins a series of hallucinations, which subsequently helps Nina find her dark and sensual side in this amazing psychological thriller.

TRAILER

MY THOUGHTS

OK... I lied. This is the last movie I will be doing a review on from 2010. I know I'm a bit late on this review since it has been out since December, but it was so AMAZING I had to do a review. I had heard people talking about Black Swan and how amazing it was but didn't actually know what it was about (besides my novice knowledge of the ballet Swan Lake). So I was playing around on Youtube and I saw this video:

I was blown away! I told myself I have to see this movie tonight. So after I got off work, I went to the movie theater (one of the perks for working at a mall) and bought a ticket to see the movie. My anxiety was so high I was too excited. And when it was all over, I was extremely blown away. I could feel Nina's frustration when trying to perfect her ballet moves to portray the Black Swan (I'm a perfectionist myself and tend to hammer myself when things don't go perfectly or when I mess up). Natalie Portman was amazing and I absolutely love her. The choreography was also amazing for the ballet also. And another thing I loved was it wasn't just about ballet, Nina was trying to find her voice. But anyway, I would say some other things about Black Swan, but spoilers are unnecessary... GO SEE FOR YOURSELF! Sorry. Anyway, I would now like to present my rating of this wonderful film.

I give Black Swan: ★★★★★ 5 out of 5 stars

Natalie Portman, Keep up the great work!