Moe Yasmine A cocktail of disturbing images and sounds. This is meant to be deep and abstract story but it fails in delivering that. The disconnect between events and various scenes don't add up. I tried hard to enjoy this but couldn't. A sat back and chilled but it annoyed me. The sounds and graphics have me a headache,p. The black and white doesn't help either. Wouldn't recommend it for any occasion

TheHesh82 A great soundtrack (Aphex Twin, Clint Mansell) and brilliant cinematography (think Tetsuo The Iron Man) combine to create a claustrophobic and slightly disorienting look into the mind of a mathematician looking for a way to predict the stock market. What Max ends up finding is sought by more than just Wall St and may end up costing him his life.

kelvinkelvin-39755 I recently watched this again, it had been maybe 4 or 5 years since I watched the film. It's actually a better viewing over time, so much of what is covered in regards to the themes and even the tech are as important today (if not more) than it was almost 20 years ago. The look even gets better with age. When I first saw the film the blown out black and white was a bit of a distraction but now I find the look so perfect with the subject matter that it's hard to imagine one without the other. If you haven't seen this yet watch it now and if you haven't seen it in a long time fire up the machine and rewatch this now sci-fi classic.

grantss Being a mathematical person (I have a Masters degree in Statistics) I was intrigued by the premise of the movie but in the end I was left with more questions than answers and was left hanging. The plot includes too much of the mathematical detail (and medical detail, listing all the drugs Cohen was taking!), often coming across as nerdy.The solution seemed too straightforward and practical, with many details lacking here (unlike in the build-up). I thought the final mix might include emotions, basically a more relationship-centric argument, especially as the plot did allude to the potential for something to happen between Cohen and his neighbour, but this didn't come up at all.This all said, Darren Aronofsky is clearly a very talented director. His use of the black&white medium and close-up camera shots in Pi were a stroke of genius - it certainly helped one get into Cohen's mind. Requiem for a Dream is an outstanding movie but Pi fails to deliver because he took on a very weighty and complex subject in his first attempt at a motion picture. The problem lies in the screenplay (which he co-wrote), and not his direction, however.It is interesting to note Aronofsky's use of some of the effects that he would later use in Requiem for a Dream, especially the fast- forward pill-popping sequence which was always worth a chuckle in both movies (in a dark sort of way).