TQ: 8.5/10
IE: 9/10
Got told by a lot of people that this was very similar to Whiplash, and so in comparing two films I haven’t seen I built an idea in my mind that they were both mainly about dedication to a craft to the point of self-destruction. I was shocked to slowly realize that isn’t at all what I was watching and my experience was all the better for it.
Natalie Portman is INCREDIBLE in this and the script is already feeling like one of my favourites. Costume design is wonderful. Glad there’s one good Aronofsky movie.