An intense movie: Requiem for a Dream

Drugs and addictions. And their extremities.
OMG! This might easily be one of the most intense movie ever made. The story is about four individuals, four normal, average people with desires, aspirations and dreams. But these individuals have one thing in common. They are all addicts. For different reasons, for different ends. The movie takes you through their lives as they get swept deeper and deeper into their drugged maladies. A lonely widow aspiring to be an identity in a worthless life, her dreaming son who wants to make it big, his girlfriend who wants to have an independent life of her own and their friend who misses his family and a normal life.
This story takes you to the very tragic and terrifying ends which their fantasies and helplessness takes them. This movie is perfect for a person who is trying to come out of an addiction as it shows all the wrong things in all the right ways.
The director has made a masterpiece and has used 'shock and awe' in all its negative splendour to show the worst that can come to people indulging in drugs. The screenplay is simply great. The crisp, precise yet thoroughly effective scenes work wonders.
The actors all have put in superb performances. Special mention to the acting of Ellen Burstyn and Jennifer Connelley.
Please watch and make everyone watch this movie. And the world would one day be free of drugs. :P
Recommended to one and all. (Not for weak hearted, as some scenes are pretty intense. Although no graphic scenes.) Please do not expect to get entertained. But do expect to experince a great work of art.

8.5 out of 10 for this hard hitter.