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2011
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Positive Reviews
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4.5
It isnt just a film about ballet, either: As an actress, Portman has never seemed particularly convincing in Black Swan roles.
Av Club
2.0
Nina is supposed to be a technically flawless dancer who lacks inner fire.
EW
4.4
Everything about classical ballet lends itself to excess.The art form is one of grand gesture, of the illusion of triumph over reality and even the fo ..
Rogerebert
4.0
The effect is unsettling, frightening even.Sometimes it all feels a little too much thankfully, not often.
Common Sense Media
4.5
A wicked, sexy and ultimately devastating study of a young dancers all consuming ambition.
Variety
5.0
Wonderful performances and assured and audacious direction make for one of the best films of the year.
We Got This Covered
2.5
This is a mess of a movie, and its frustrating in the same cross purposes way that The Social Network is.
2.5
Though it looks like The Wrestler, Black Swan, with its visually and sonically over accented flourishes, behaves more like a Platinum Dunes joint.
4.4
For every moment of exquisite grace, Aronofsky compensates with a shot of bruised toes mercilessly cracking, or someone taking a pair of scissors to t ..
4.5
I dont know how much I can praise Darren Aronofsky for bringing this all together simply because I dont want to bore you with a long list of complimen ..
Collider
4.5
But Swan doesnt seem anchored to reality, and reading it literally is a fools errand.
Collider
5.0
Certain to divide audiences, Swan wont lack for controversy, but will any of this build an audience.Dont bet against it.
The Hollywood Reporter
4.0
But what startles most is how exquisitely controlled his command of so much madness truly is.
3.0
The film still offers up simple thrills, but it falls well short of the greatness to which it aspires.
Paste Magazine
4.0
Every film festival benefits hugely from a strong opening film, and they dont come a lot stronger than Black Swan, Darren Aronofskys psychological thr ..
Telegraph
2.5
When you experience ballet the Aronofsky way, you count yourself lucky that the dancers dont have easy access to staple guns.
3.8
Still, this is a movie of serious ambition, and to recognize the distance between its achievement and its aspiration is not to deny its quality.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
But that by no means prevents it from being yet another impressive offering from one of Americas most exciting directing talents.
4.5
Equal parts psychological drama and mad horror thriller, Black Swan is a pressure cooker with one, fragile girl stuck at the center.
Cinema Blend
4.5
Thats the plot of Black Swan but the brilliance emerges in Aronofskys direction, tackling both Hitchcockian tension, Cronenbergian body horror and Gra ..
Cinema Blend
4.0
Nina is ecstatic when artistic director Thomas (Vincent Cassel) taps her for the lead in his new production of Swan Lake.
Ny Daily News
4.5
BLACK SWAN is a gorgeous story about control. Holding on to it. Letting it go. Its about the fear of what happens when you unlock one part of yourself ..
JoBlo
3.8
Artistically, though, its essential.Her dancing is technically beautiful, superbly suited to the white swan, but it lacks the seductive abandon requir ..
The Globe And Mail
3.8
Shot simply but compellingly, it feels like a polished and practised portrait of rekindled bonds.
The Globe And Mail
5.0
Members of the Pennsylvania Ballet lend verisimilitude and artistry to the proceedings, and the staging of Swan Lakes climactic scenes, truly a transc ..
Philly
4.5
Black Swan is a highly enjoyable film, but be prepared to have nightmares after you see it.
Philly
4.0
Backstage too becomes a battleground where illusion and reality blend in horrific measure to create a dark and terrifying concoction of human emotions ..
5.0
Black Swan is a mesmerizing film about the dangers of perfectionism.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
Really nothing more than a high toned horror film, but an exceptionally effective one that may not equal Cronenberg, but has a great deal thats Cronen ..
One Guys Opinion
5.0
This epic actualization myth is a distaff version of The Wrestler, equally saturated in gore soaked, self mutilating histrionics.Like The Wrestler, Bl ..
Village Voice
5.0
Aronofsky perfectly captures the fragile psyche that underlies the muscular but seemingly delicate body of a dancer.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.0
In his noted wacky visceral style, Aronofsky makes this an engaging dark fairy tale version of Tchaikovskys Swan Lake.
Sover
4.4
Mind fuck movies are often like this, investing more in intellectual intrigue than emotional fulfillment.
ReelViews
5.0
Unfortunately, this dark side does not necessarily represent freedom; its no more beautiful or attractive than the light side.And so Nina is pulled an ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.0
After the critical and commercial success of The Wrestler, writer director Darren Aronofsky pivots from the wrestling ring to the ballet studio, and f ..
Chicago Reader
5.0
Aronofsky paints a lifetime of mother daughter tension in precise details.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
Much of her mental breakdown is accomplished by costume, makeup, editing and art direction.
4.4
The convoluted atmosphere ultimately gives way to a vibe of surprisingly taut suspense, with the pieces falling into place on a slow yet sure manner t ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.0
It is good to see the talented Barbara Hershey back in a big movie like this.
Lariat
4.0
Portman tears into this role with such raw power its a wonder if she will have anything left in the tank for future films.
News Review
3.0
Black Swan, frankly, cant stand up to the comparison; nevertheless, it has its own distinct, bizarre but undeniable pleasures.
News Review
4.0
The film hurtles towards an exhilarating and disturbing climax that will please fans of Roman Polanskis early work.
Radio Times
3.5
Beyond the rarely static camera, there are creative dreams, hallucinations and other breaks with reality, all of which give this drama occasional thri ..
Screen It
4.0
A ballet melodrama in which it isnt just the body that is threatened with disintegration, but the mind too.
Independent
4.4
Portmans portrait of an artist under siege is unmissable and unforgettable.
Rolling Stone
4.5
In the end, its a provocative, powerful story about how you might have to completely lose yourself if you want to be a star.
Shadows On The Wall
5.0
The latest installment in Soul Jazz Records Boombox series, tracing the evolution of recorded rap in the late 70s and early 80s, provides us with the ..
Pop Matters
4.0
In addition, the ballet sequences are beautifully shot and the film builds to an audacious, extraordinarily intense climax that will have you staring ..
View London
4.4
Practice makes perfectly insane in Black Swan, a tale of one ballerinas psychosexual freakout.
News Day
2.0
Its a portal into horror, or, to be more specific, artsy B movie horror shenanigans.
Cs Monitor
5.0
He skirts ludicrousness by balancing some truly creepy, bloody stuff with some stunningly beautiful ballet sequences enhanced by digital effects.
New York Post
1.0
Your expectations seriously lowered, youd think this might at least work as a trashily enjoyable fantasy of the dance world, but Aronofsky wrongheaded ..
Film Journal International ..
4.5
As a study of female breakdown, Black Swan is the best thing since Polanskis Repulsion.
The Guardian
4.5
Aronofsky all but demands that you give yourself to the movie with the same commitment the director of Swan Lake demands of his dancer.My advice: Give ..
Az Central
3.8
Good material and a smart filmmaker have freed Portman to take chances with discretion.
Boston
5.0
Yet Polanski works in a very different tone than does Aronofsky.Polanski never made a film this excessive and operatic.
Mountain X
4.4
M ovie horror comes in many forms: scary sex scenes, frightening monsters and mental terrors.
Star Tribune
4.5
Yes, Black Swan is a horror movie, magnificently brutal and dread full, sophisticated in its slipperiness and elegant in its play on the evil twin tro ..
4.5
Aronofsky finds fascinating visual ways to draw us deeply into Ninas troubled passion.
4.4
But then few actors could hope to stand next to Portman in this movie and come out the better for it.
Toronto Star
2.0
Set in the ruthlessly competitive ballet world, Black Swan is a trashy melodrama with a glossy artsy treatment, but its gripping due to its speed and ..
Emanuellevy
2.0
Black Swan holds the attention in a manipulative manner, but one can see in it the possibility of a better, more satisfying film with the same setting ..
Guardian
4.0
Black Swan is ionospherically over the top, and some of its effects are overdone, but it is richly, sensually enjoyable and there is such fascination ..
Guardian
2.0
A B movie with humor, winning acting and the added Rocky do or die last chance for its bad boy star, the latter made no big claims for itself.
Reel Talk Reviews
4.5
The subject of Black Swan treads a shaky ground due to its potential for being corny or campy.
Reel Talk Reviews
4.4
Its a tricky balancing act, and it defines the films calculated move toward potential narrative incoherence.
Q Network
5.0
Excellence is rarely achieved easily.Black Swan was never intended to be a film that exposes sensational scandals about the cloistered world of ballet ..
Daily Mail
5.0
Always tinkering with our views on reality and sexuality, Aronofsky keeps Nina in a world in between our own and hers and turns the screw at every suc ..
Cinema Crazed
4.0
The reach/grasp ratio is way off inBlack Swan(FoxSearchlight), a movie that combines some truly stunning visual and cinematic ideas with some truly te ..
Slate
5.0
Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan.
4.5
While disciplined perfectionist Nina is proficient at the White Swans innocence and grace, uninhibited Lily is more adept at the seductive sensuality ..
Susang Ranger
4.0
Theres this deranged face she makes that keeps you watching; its sort of half erotic breathlessness and half Im gonna stab myself here in just a minut ..
Movies
4.5
Further Viewing On Similar Subjects: Watch the Powell and Pressburger classic The Red Shoes, arguably the best dance movie ever made and a film imposs ..
Movies
3.0
Ive also heard from folks at Venice who think Black Swan is a junky horror show and Portman way too strident.Me, Im of two minds about a movie that wa ..
Time
2.0
Get ready to swoon over Black Swan. Part The Red Shoes, part Mulholland Dr., the film is entirely and deliriously unhinged ... with tutus.
Boston Herald
5.0
What Aronofsky leaves one with is a uniquely contradictory yet true feeling that is not only impossible to shake but grows over time, as it has with m ..
Mr Brown Movies
3.8
Likewise, its cutthroat competitive nature bristles with a claustrophobic coldness that takes the fun out of training, but makes watching it all the m ..
The Movie Boy
4.4
It is, in fact, a racked nerve, personified.The original script located the backstage nastiness in a Broadway production fraught with tension between ..
Chicago Tribune
3.0
The film looks great, the acting is top notch, and when Aronofsky is channeling his inner Polanski, its impossible to look away, but Black Swan is alm ..
Bullz-Eye
3.5
The psychosexual drama about a driven ballet dancer (Natalie Portman) cracking under the pressure of her first starring role could have easily been si ..
Las Vegas Weekly
4.0
DA: The mental elements were hard but not nearly as hard as the physical elements.
Total Film
4.0
Whether Portman can sustain such dark charisma remains to be seen.)
The Atlantic
3.5
Defaming the world of ballet, this is a bloody horror thriller that takes the viewer on an absorbing phantasmagoric excursion.
Tony Medley
2.0
The filmmaker captures a shocking nightmare moment of performance anxiety crossed with the intrinsic embarrassment of a rehearsal process that inhabit ..
Coles Mithey
4.5
Like the ballet within, the film is meant to be much larger than life, emphasizing epic visuals instead of a coherent story.
Pajiba
4.4
It is a movie I cannot wait to see again and the longer I ruminate on it the more positive I am this is some sort of psycho sexual new age ballerina m ..
Movie Freak
2.0
Theres a delirium that runs through Black Swan, a sense of stress and anguish and mad momentum, thats both exhilarating and terrifying.
Detroit News
4.5
When it delves into the thriller aspects is where it sometimes gets a little silly like when paintings on the wall start talking to Nina, thought it f ..
3.8
No one can be blamed for finding Black Swan overwrought or ridiculous: its both.
Groucho Reviews
5.0
Great performances and atmospheric direction combine to make Black Swan a thrilling, energetic work.
Aisle Seat
4.0
Black Swan will be remembered for an unforgettable acting display from Natalie Portman.
Herald Sun
5.0
Its almost as if the movie wants to merge all three in an act of furious consummation.The story is relatively simple.
Movie Habit
4.5
You never quite know whats real and whats fantasy, but not in a cheap and lazy way.
7M Pictures
5.0
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
2.0
Its a full on mental meltdown depicted with terrifying subjectivity, comparable to Roman Polanskis Repulsion.
E Online
2.0
Visually stunning and brutal, Black Swan gives us the great cinematic monster that we never saw coming: Natalie Portman in a pink tutu. Just remember ..
Film School Rejects
4.5
While its no crowd pleaser, this visually stunning thriller glides on Aronofskys visceral direction and powerhouse performances from the entire cast.
Film Ink
4.0
BLACK SWAN is one of the strangest films youre likely to encounter this year.
Maki At The Movies
3.0
The overuse of handheld cameras gives a heightened sense of voyeurism and immediacy, but it also exudes an unpolished feel.
5.0
The intense performances in Black Swan help make it both visceral and engaging from start to finish.
Cine Vue
5.0
While the film is near perfect, its a tribute to Portman that she outshines everyone else as the frail, brittle ballerina who is slowly but surely los ..
Mirror
5.0
It surprises me how many people question whether or not Black Swan is a horror film because it undeniably is its psychological horror at its best.
You Tube
3.0
Black Swan is a stage door melodrama putting new spins on cliches as old as All About Eve .
Tamp A Bay
4.5
I think youll either love this film, or hate it.I found it thrilling.
Abc
5.0
A supremely rewarding film, Black Swan harnesses its complex subject matter through Aronofskys genius and uniformly excellent portrayals of the damage ..
Digital Spy
5.0
Climactic moments may induce nervous sniggering from audiences but such grandiose camp makes for a flamboyant and vivid contemporary classic.
Flicks
4.5
Portman hasnt been this good since her early performances in The Professional and Heat, and is deservedly attracting intense Oscar buzz. Kunis brings ..
Stl Today
2.0
The film is lurid, melodramatic, over the top and currently a hot awards favourite. Aronofsky must have hypnotic powers over jurors and voters.
Ft
4.2
I admire it for lots of reasons, mostly for its courage, but I found it dangerously close to risible cliche.
Ar Kansas Online
2.5
If it manages to be a dark horse winner at the next Academy Awards, we can no longer carp about the Oscars ignoring comedies.
Larsen On Film
4.0
Portman keeps you watching, even as Aronofsky defies you to take the ride seriously.
Hollywood And Fine
4.0
This will keep your mind spinning long after the final pirouette and is far more exciting than youd expect a movie about a bonkers ballerina might be.
The Sun
4.0
A psychological horror movie of the highest quality, Black Swan features a stunning, career best turn by Natalie Portman.
Matts Movie Reviews
2.0
Black Swan is a grotesque psychological horror film that provides pits of madness juxtaposed with the gilded, professional grace of the ballet world.
Brian Or Ndorf
3.0
In fact, Im willing to bet that itll creep you out more than any horror picture youve ever seen.And there are few better to lead us on this startlingl ..
Patriot Ledger
3.5
A grubby melodrama... But I, for one, generally prefer Aronofsky in his grubby phase.
Antagony & Ecstasy
3.8
Darren Aronofsky continues his obsession with, well, obsession with this story of a New York ballerina who gets the dance of a lifetime.
Big Picture Big Sound
4.4
Ninas fractured soul is achingly beautiful and haunting and unforgettable.
2.0
Natalie Portman has been lauded for her performance as Nina and with good reason. Just like her character, you can see that shes thrown everything int ..
The Film Pie
4.4
And anyone accustomed to something a little more refined will suffer the shock of subverted expectations.
Js Online
4.4
You know exactly whats going to happen, but like any good train wreck, you cant look away.
Movie Crypt
5.0
With creative expression rarely seen in American film and one of the best performances by an actress that you will ever see, Black Swan is a film that ..
Hollywood Chicago
4.5
But, if you have what it takes to absorb this wild mixture of personalities, visuals and nightmares, the result is profound.
Shockya
5.0
One of the central themes of Black Swan is the notion that perfection is not necessarily just about getting every step right.
Montreal Film Journal
4.5
Director Darren Aronofskys darkly enthralling entertainment makes the perfect antidote to too many sugary holiday Nutcrackers.
News Week
4.5
Life rushes by pronounces Anton Walbrooks flamboyantly pompous and undeniably seductive Lermontov.
Film Comment
4.0
Consequently, its not the most subtle study of mental breakdown.Nor is it the most original.
Sky
5.0
The scares never feel cheap and the shocks last longer than most the final half hour is a queasy cocktail of psychological torture and Cronenberg esqu ..
The Shiz Nit
3.0
Still, you cant fault anyone involved for effort, and Black Swan has a crazy momentum that keeps us hooked, even if it eventually topples off the stag ..
The Skinny
3.8
What doesnt: It lacks any shred of warmth and fails to generate much sympathy for its characters.
No La
5.0
Interpret the movie however you likethe one thing you cant ignore is that Black Swan is a thrilling piece of pure cinema.
Scene Stealers
4.5
The Red Shoes meets Repulsion, ballet goes en pointe with horror, in Darren Aronofskys terrific at times terrifying psychological thriller Black Swan.
What So
5.0
After repeat viewings, Im still not sure if Black Swan is perfect, but it is audacious and salacious in equal and ample measure, and it showcases a le ..
Or Lando Weekly
4.0
The movie has some shaky plot points and an underdeveloped key characterits not entirely satisfying; but its infused with the directors usual creative ..
reason
3.5
Dont get mad, get sexy! If this doesnt get the kids interested in ballet, nothing will.
Film 4
1.5
While some of the cringe inducing moments do work, the film eventually veers way out of control with a final act that sends the film sailing off the t ..
Bowling Green Daily News
5.0
I wont condescend to claim being a movie reviewer isnt a lot of fun.However, it can be frustrating when you sit through unimaginative film after unima ..
Streaming Quickflix
4.0
The craftsmanship is impressive, the music is powerful and the movie is never uninteresting.
Wsj
4.5
Where this daring, exciting, confident film really succeeds is in its fearless excursion into the soul of an artist.
East Bay Express
3.8
While it wasnt quite as good as it was being out to be, it remains an interesting film with several things to like about it.
4.5
Black Swan, Darren Aronofskys latest film, may be his best yet and is easily the proof (if anyone still needed it) that he is a great director.
2.0
Black Swan is balletic and bombastic.It soars and bumbles, pirouettes and postures.
Tony Mack
3.5
His inappropriate behavior was an open secret thats tolerated in the ballet company because hes brilliant.
Black Girl Nerds
3.0
Even though Natalie Portman won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in this movie, Black Swan is really a triumph for the director because he was ..
Rediff
4.0
Some parts are campy, some parts are creepy, but Black Swan lives up to its reputation. And Portman earned her Oscar.
Movie Metropolis
4.0
In Black Swan, elements of backstage melodrama and even camp gradually make way for psychological horror.
The Australian
2.0
But for the dark, demonic twin, Nina is sadly lacking in life experience.
Ny Mag
2.0
Frankly, Ninas inner world is a train wreck, and I was pulled in the opposite direction while watching it.By the third act of Black Swan, the story be ..
Review Express
5.0
An audacious, terrifying and compulsive watchable piece of pure cinema
Tiny Url
5.0
A stylish, inventive thriller that cements Aronofskys place as one of our great modern filmmakers. Natalie Portman delivers a staggeringly accomplishe ..
Cinema Sight
3.0
The four Golden Globe nominations and three Screen Actors Guild nods are fueling the now choreographed raves about Black Swan. Did we see the same mov ..
Tri City Herald
4.0
Someone really missed the point here if you want reality watch the beautiful documentary La Danse.
Trespass Mag
4.0
As Charlie Parker famously said, If you dont live it, it wont come out your horn.
Theepoch Times
5.0
Bizarre, beautiful and bewildering, Black Swan is a study of madness.
Qc Times
5.0
Black Swan might remind you of many other movies, from All About Eve to David Cronenbergs The Fly. But its also like nothing youve ever seen before.
Boston Phoenix
2.0
For all its misdirections and supposed confusion, Black Swan can be a rather obvious bird.
Nicks Chager
4.0
But its the newness of Mitchells musical accountand Rachel Chavkins gracefully dynamic stagingthat bring this old story to quivering life.
New York Time Out
2.0
The frilly world of tutus, leotards and plies goes down a dark path in director Darren Aronofskys twisted psychological thriller Black Swan.
Reel Talk Online
3.0
Black Swan is intense, original and beautiful, three good reasons to see it, and Portmans exemplary performance adds a fourth.
Assignment X
4.5
Black Swan is creepy and beautiful.It really is the perfect role for Portman.
The Scorecard Review
2.8
Aronofsky is not content to simply make trash, however, and there is a half hearted exploration of duality in here, invoking the White/Black Swan side ..
Spectrum Culture
4.0
Its as gripping a story as any youll see this year, a fitting addition to Aronofskys oeuvre.
Washington City Paper
5.0
This is an intensely compelling film which you might well want to see, but you would not want to live it.
Spectator
1.5
I dont think there is any time where he doesnt come off as a total creep.
Bloody Disgusting
3.0
Horror, ballet, melodrama, Aronofsky, Natalie Portman...who can ask for more
Compuserve
4.5
It isnt understated, it isnt strictly a horror film, nor is it just a ballet film. It is a wild, primal melodrama that resonates because of the fearle ..
Richard Crouse
4.4
Its Portman and Aronofskys finest hour and one of the finest films of 2010.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
2.0
Natalie Portmans take on searing sensuality fused with desperate depression cries out for attention.
Film.com
3.0
Aronofsky directs his films like grunge anthems: moments of hushed moody lyricism that give way to bombastic visuals, in your face emotions, and sound ..
Metro Times
4.4
The Coens immediately grab you with the films epic emotional sweep and elegiac look at this bygone era.
Illinois Times
4.5
A dangerously sexy, chillingly gorgeous thriller about the sacrifices born of obsession. A full body performance from Portman.
Metromix.com
5.0
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Ny Press
4.0
With repeat viewings, the thematic subtext slips into focus and the performances take on a new significance. Its not vintage Aronofsky, but its still ..
Little White Lies
3.8
While the films hints at the supernatural, replete with dark surprises and frenzied visions might not be the stuff of great horror, its rendition of a ..
Critics Notebook
3.0
Youve never seen a movie quite like Black Swan before. Its brazen, its ridiculous, its magnificent, its human, its unique, its the world at its worst, ..
Week In Rewind
4.5
Black Swan will leave you feeling stunned as you leave the theater. And humming Tchaikovsky.
Abc News Go
3.0
Black Swan is a film about striving for perfection and the toll that can take on an artist.
Kpbs
4.0
Black Swan is a visually stunning and disturbing melodrama thats been alternatively described as a dark psychological thriller, and a campy..
Rajeev Masand
5.0
...what makes Black Swan really special is the immediate way that it works on you if you give yourself over to it. Its a true cinematic experience...
MSN Movies
5.0
Spellbinding this is, and absolutely unforgettable.The film is photographed beautifully, making the minimalist interiors of the ballet rehearsals look ..
The Diva Review
3.0
Aranofsky draws us into Ninas struggles with reality until, like her, we are never sure whether we can trust our eyes.
Movie Mom
2.5
Black Swan is little more than exploitation cinema but its heavy pop psychology and complete lack of subversiveness make it shallow exploitation rathe ..
Cinema Autopsy
5.0
The punishment and sacrifice in search of artistic perfection is just one of the many themes that burst out of Black Swan, making it such a rich and c ..
Standard Net Au
4.5
Im in awe of this film... Its an all encompassing, screen devouring vision of madness and art.
Bad Ass Digest
4.4
Portmans best performance ever in an engaging story of paranoia that works fantastically. .
2.0
But Black Swan, however enjoyable as a two hour haunted house, however jazzing to watch even as its narrative logic fritters dangerously away in the f ..
Nicks Flick Picks
5.0
Director Darren Aronofsky does a spectacular job of drawing the audience deep into Ninas neuroses, making the viewer feel every uncomfortable twist of ..
The Mercury
4.4
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2 The Advocate
5.0
Natalie Portman may not be exactly a spring chicken, but the beautiful performer is throttled, plucked and skewered in this elegant and grotesque tour ..
Gomemphis
2.0
Aronofsky is completely serious about the fever dream that is Black Swan, which is how hes able to pull off material that is inherently unserious.
Reel Times: Reflections on ..
4.8
Aronofksy delights in taking even the trashiest horror movie devices and colliding them with his own high art melodrama in eye popping ways.The tensio ..
D Cist
4.0
Employing subtly enhanced moments to convey flickers of madness, Black Swan is delightfully a modern day successor to films like Hitchcocks Spellbound ..
Horror
4.0
Black Swan is the stillborn offspring of The Red Shoes and Hieronymus Bosch both magnificent and magnificently disturbing. Art, obsession and mental f ..
Brandon Fibbs
4.8
Fantastically acted and brilliantly shot, Black Swan is a must. You may love it, you may not, but its a must watch either way.
What I Watched Tonight
3.5
Nina is young and fresh and beautiful.It is a quality that helps her play the good White Swan.
Leepers Us
5.0
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News Of The World
3.0
Only the very best directors can incite such passion, and only films this amazing can fully justify it.
Mania.com
2.5
Shackled by sports movie clichs, a reductive view of how creativity works, and, most importantly, Natalie Portmans limitations as an actress.
Gost Dog
4.5
Simultaneously one of the most emotionally devastating experiences I have had in a theatre yet I could not look away. Aronofskys best since Requie For ..
3.5
Though an intriguing and occasionally brilliant psychosexual thriller, its nowhere near as unique or special as its title would imply.
Hot Press
4.5
If youve not seen The Wrestler, 1) whats wrong with you and 2) this wont bug you at all.
Cines Nark
3.0
Robert Altmans paean to this behind the scenes process was affectionately dubbed The Company. Aronofskys may as well be titled Army of One.
Deep Focus
5.0
The films feverish pull comes from confining us right there with in body and spirit every step of the way.
New York Metro Mix
5.0
Rarely has dance been used in film with such narrative thrust and verve, and rarely have the strains of dramatic performance been so intriguingly unpi ..
This Is London
2.0
I get that its all very Polanski and totes a Cronenberg homage bbz but honestly, it just doesnt work in this case.Some of my favourite movies are wild ..
Ultra Culture
4.5
Exciting, poignant, witty, profoundwhy cant live action be this good.
Ma Cleans
4.4
But whatever missteps the films makes along the way are almost completely made up for by its terrific third act, in which Nina finally takes the stage ..
Nyc Film Critic
1.5
What were they trying to say What happened... Youre all pretending you know what it means.
Auto Straddle
4.5
The impeccable casting adds an elevated element of reality to a film that already hits so close to home.
Auto Straddle
5.0
Director Darren Aronofsky again brings a beautiful pure ballerina to a dark demising devil, all without missing a beat.
Jo Reviews
3.8
Natalie Portman fulfills the promise she hinted at in her pre teen roles with Black Swan even if the film itself is emotionally inert.
Washington Times
2.0
Director Darren Aronofsky builds an incredible atmosphere for an over the top story that doesnt deserve it.
Big Hollywood
4.4
That steamy sex scene is not the only reason to get hot and bothered about Black Swan.
4.4
(Natalie) Portman gives a magnificent Academy Award worthy performance. Shy, inhibited, uncertain, she barely raises her voice throughout.
Jc Online
2.5
I just wish hed come up with something more than the good girl/bad girl shtick.The movie works best as a bit of tongue in cheek high camp (it could ha ..
Jackson Ville
4.5
Black and white, good and evil, ambition and obsession, delusion and reality are all blended together in this crazy, weird, compelling film, and its m ..
Movie City News
2.0
Black Swan is billed as a psychological thriller, and it aspires to be a serious, almost art house movie.In reality, its a horror film that leverages ..
Womens Voices For Change
1.5
Perhaps if Black Swan were animated, it might not come off so ludicrously.
The Coast
2.0
Black Swan is the kind of film that stays with you, a moving experience on multiple levels.
Maki At The Movies Blogspo ..
5.0
It all adds up to Darren Aronofskys best movie yet, but its also a turning point for Natalie Portman, whose career defining performance absolutely des ..
Access Hollywood
4.0
Yet while Black Swan doesnt pack the emotional punch of the pro wrestling opus, the film never suffers for it.
NME
5.0
Portman gives an all in performance thatll surely be remembered come Oscar time.
Franks Reel Reviews
3.0
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Ifc
1.5
You dont know what youre going to see next, you dont know whats real and just getting to the end is exhausting. The film leaves you drained, which is ..
Screen Junkies
4.5
Clearly this is the sort of horror movie one could happily debate for an hour or two.
FEARnet
5.0
A messy masterpiece. Like Apocalypse Now, Eraserhead and Aronofskys Requiem for a Dream, its one of those films that will force viewers to either reje ..
4.5
The film tackles issues of friendship and family in a hugely comical and zany fashion. Chloe Leeson
Screen Queens
4.5
Barbara Hershey drags us into the demonic bilge barrel of great movie harridans.
Electric Sheep Magazine
2.5
Imperfect but still pretty terrific...(Natalie) Portman gives an amazing performance.
Movie Dearest Blog Spot
2.0
If this is a home run, then Mommie Dearest shouldnt have damaged Faye Dunaways career. Maybe over the top is the new sign of Oscar worthiness. Black S ..
BET.com
4.0
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskys Swan Lake was composed in 1875 after he received a commission from Vladimir Petrovich Begichev, the intendant of Moscows Rus ..
World Film About
5.0
She owns a movies blog, The MovieMaven (http://themoviemaven.posterous.com).
5.0
Aronofsky 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 ..
Scotsman
2.0
Unfortunately, for me, the predictability of the narrative and the lackluster performance of Portman brought this film down.
Dork Shelf
1.5
Aronofsky wants neither ham or cheese on this, just a big stale bagel of clichs. The film seems concerned with giving the appearance of drama rather t ..
4.0
An intense and beguiling psychological thriller with an art house soul, Natalie Portmans performance a will keep you riveted from start to finish.
Screen Wize
2.5
At its best, Aronofskys direction captures the energy and excitement of dance.
Gay City News
5.0
It is a thing of absolute beauty; not only is it visually arresting, its also perfectly crafted from every conceivable angle.
4.0
An intense study akin to the equally exhausting The Wrestler that seems determined to catch Nina (Portman, in a stunning performance) break character ..
Camp Blood
4.5
Gloriously creative and utterly watchable, Black Swan pictures a hostile, perilous world for female artists in Aronofskys splendid blend of excess and ..
Charleston City Paper
4.0
Passionate thriller that fuels the age old battle of good verses evil within with a chilling contemporary twist ... in a world that cruelly wants noth ..
Real.com
5.0
Aronofsky has established a distinct, powerful voice so strong and probing that every time he releases a new film, it should be regarded as the cinema ..
5.0
It had such an impact on me that I sat staring zombie like at the closing credits, unable to move.
Groups Google
4.5
Aronofsky brings glorious new meaning to the term melodrama as he refashions the tragic tale of the Swan princess into a sexy, haunting and sublimely ..
3.0
Ballet is an art which explores love and death through the symbolism of music and dance. Mix in a ballerina with extreme self esteem issues, and you g ..
Video Review Master
3.8
Black Swan isnt the feel good movie of the year. Heck, you may need to pop three Zolofts afterward and go to a happy place. But at least your personal ..
4.0
... the end result is the most daring mental journey that any film has presented in 2010.
1.5
its Portman who causes the film to fall short of the effectiveness of Repulsion. ... you kind of wish Nina would just break down and get it over with.
Las Vegas CityLife
3.6
Natalie Portmans performance doesnt really seem like the work of an exquisite actress, but rather the hard won efforts of a dedicated performer.
AskMen.com
0.5
...an art house horror film 10% The Red Shoes, 20% Pi, and 70% Polanskis Repulsion.
3.6
I liked it in the way many folks like B sci fi flics from the 50s.
3.0
But with its minimalist screenplay and realistic performances, the film shouldve been handled with more subtlety.
Kineto Film Blog Spot
4.0
A horrific, almost literal adaptation of the timeless ballet Swan Lake.
4.5
Whats commendable here is that Aronofsky reached the comfortable point as a skilled filmmaker that his audience doesnt feel cheated watching his films ..
2.5
Desperately desiring to be profound but often profoundly silly, Black Swan takes high minded American cinema down a notch or three.
Captain Critic Blogspot
5.0
An intriguing mindbender certainly deserving of all the attention it is apt to earn over the course of awards season, with Natalie Portman certainly a ..
5.0
By the end, Ninas quest for perfection and Portmans blazing performance will leave you breathless.
Marie Claire
5.0
As beautiful as the dancing is, we also get an unnerving and painful look at the hell one goes through for their art.
Iamrogue
3.0
Aronofsky wants you to feel that heroin oozing into your vein, he wants you to feel that barbed wire and glass burrowing under your tights, and here h ..
My New Plaid Pants
3.1
Black Swan aspires to be little more than a showy, twisty thriller with no attempt at plausibility. But I still found it less and less appealing as it ..
2.0
In his eagerness, goes for violent energy over poetry, shock over suggestion, emotion over intelligence.
The Other Journal
4.5
Problematic displays of sexuality aside, Black Swan is still one of the best thrillers Ive seen in years.
4.5
You may have never attempted to dance a pirouette in your life, but Aronofskys gift for a heightened sense of physical and emotional terror as Portman ..
2.0
By far the work of women is the most excruciating in the film, and its refreshing to have this emphasis but how Aronofsky tells this tale is at too hi ..
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