A middle-aged woman gets an invitation to be on her favorite game show, as her son starts selling heroin and becomes an addict. Based on the book by Hubert Selby Jr.
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I remember seeing this film in the theatre. It was one of, if not the, most intense film experience I think I've ever had. This film will show you things you don't want to see but you'll be unable to look away. I left the theatre feeling like I'd been hit by a truck. Everyone was quiet on the way out. We all looked at each other knowingly, like survivors. Ellen Burstyn was robbed that year at the Oscars. Jennifer Connelly and Jared Leto also gave what will likely be remembered as singular performances in their careers. Stellar in every way and I hope I never see it again.
although it is depressing at the end, this is still one of the best movies i have ever seen. whoever made this movie also made a movie called pie (it is actually the symbol for pie not the word) i never watched the whole thing but it is also very interesting.
Sure the movie was artistic and all, but it seriously gave me nightmares. The whole movie isn't horrifing, but the end....Take my advice, don't watch it.
Frankly, I must agree with some of the other reviews and state that I never want to watch this film again. It is a tragedy amplified to 11. The film touches on so many social fears and sterotypes then graphically demonstrates the outcome of those paths in a way that left me blown away. What a reality check between all those beauty aid commercials…
I'll never forget seeing this film with a Q&A afterwards with the director. Someone burned him for casting four beautiful people as loser drug addicts, and said something like "why not let ugly people play themselves." I think the comment speaks to more than just lame casting but also that typical dielectic- by trying not to glamorize drug use, to depict it as sad and horrifying, he somehow glamorizes drugs just the same. Ellyn Burstyn delivers a good performance IN SPITE of her lamely written character. Jared Leto is a TV actor and nothing more.
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