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Watch: Black Swan 2010 123movies, Full Movie Online – Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side – a recklessness that threatens to destroy her..
Plot: A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.
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Ratings:

	8.0/10 Votes: 765,510
	85% | RottenTomatoes
	79/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 12788 Popularity: 36.536 | TMDB

Reviews:

The Good and The Bad
I was very lucky to snag tickets to see Black Swan at the the Toronto International Film Festival.

THE GOOD: Natalie Portman’s acting was perfection – definitely an Oscar worthy performance. Mila Kunis’s performance was surprising in a good way, it is clear that she stepped out of her comfort zone. The film’s musical score was superb. Of course, much of it was taken from ‘Swan Lake’, but I loved that they were able to incorporate that music throughout the entire film and not just in the ballet scenes. Of course, it was beautifully shot and the plot was riveting – I was drawn in from beginning to end. The audience saw a new side of ballet/ theatre that is not often shown in popular films – the struggle the performer faces in committing to and perfecting a role. The struggle between ‘good’ vs. ‘evil’ was presented in a methodical and intriguing way.

THE BAD: Many parts of this film felt like it belonged in the horror Genre. Some parts definitely made me jump or cringe (which I was not expecting). The film was also an emotional roller-coaster, which was fine at first, but This ’emotional roller-coaster’ sort of dragged on to the point that it almost felt like it was too much. I just feel that it could have been tuned down a notch.

Overall, I thought that most of the film was wonderful, and I highly recommend it.

The price of perfection
Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan is an examination of obsession. Obsession for beauty, fame, and above all, perfection. We are shown glimpses of its splendor, only to be consumed by the ugliness and harsh reality that is the world of professional ballet.

Nina Sayers, played by the talented Natalie Portman, is placed in the precarious situation of replacing the company’s former star (Winona Ryder), the shining pupil of director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel), in the production of Swan Lake. The role is a dual role, in which she must play both the sweet, innocent White Swan as well as her evil twin sister, the Black Swan. Though Nina is best suited for the White Swan, she must find a way to evoke her inner Black Swan.

Though all of the ballerinas in the company would kill for her role, the least jealous one, Lily, played by Mila Kunis in a breakthrough performance, has become Nina’s biggest rival, catching the eye of Thomas. Still, Nina is set on perfecting the role.

It is Nina’s obsession for perfection, a constant theme through the film, that is the root of her troubles. This obsession is passed down from her mother, played brilliantly by Barbara Hershey. She too was a ballerina but gave up her career to support Nina, living vicariously through her daughter. Her obsession for dance is shared by all dancers, really, but Nina takes it a step further, causing it to physically and mentally affect her.

The pain and suffering that Nina’s goes through takes its toll early on in the film. She sees herself on the faces of strangers, the scratching and itching she inflicts on her back, yet we never see, and the scrapes and cuts that appear out of thin air, as if something inside of her is ready to burst out. As the film goes on, it becomes more clear that her thoughts and hallucinations are blending with her reality to the point where she can’t distinguish the two from one another.

Here’s where Aronofsky’s obsession/passion for filmmaking takes over. He too seeks perfection in his work, finding the right camera angles, the right tempo, and the right composition. This film has some of his best camera work to date, thanks to the cinematography of Matthew Libatique, whose fluid camera movements are the glue that hold the film together.

Aronofsky is a director who tries to make his shots look as beautiful as they can be, while not blowing you away with CGI and special effects. The Fountain, though not a perfect movie by any means, had some truly outstanding photography (also partnered with Libatique) that wasn’t heavy on the artificial special effects. Here he makes a similar attempt to create an incredibly realistic picture. It helps that both Portman and Kunis dedicated months and months of training and dieting to get the appropriate look for the film. That hard work paid off for sure.

Without those two ladies the film would be lost. Having seen the film I can’t see another actress in either role. They were perfectly cast. Portman, though not afraid to show some skin for the camera in a film like Closer (and even Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones), acts and appears so fragile and innocent in many of her roles. Kunis on the other hand, hearkening back to her days on “That 70s Show” has always been the pretty girl with a bit of attitude. Her eyes are almost hypnotic. These two women play perfectly off of each other, contrasting like the two swans in the ballet. I’m sure the talk of the movie will be the scene in Nina’s bedroom (see it for yourself), but I enjoyed their night on the town leading up to the bedroom scene more. We see Lilly’s influence and persuasiveness affect Nina tremendously.

Their performances are backed by a tight story. It’s takes us places that we least expect to go, showing us beautiful and disturbing images that you would not expect from a movie about ballerinas, making Black Swan one of the more original psychological thrillers in the past decade. Like every good thriller, there needs to be good music, too. Enter Clint Mansell, whose score for Aronofsky’s second film Requiem for a Dream has become one of the more beloved scores of all time. I am particularly fond of his work for Moon, but Requiem is just as good if not better. Here we have a great blend of classical and original pieces.

These pieces come together to create a portrait of a dancer whose demeanor gets in the way of her heart’s yearning for success. When her dreams start slipping, her mind does the same. Passion leads to obsession. Obsession leads to transformation. The White Swan becomes the Black Swan, and she must pay the price.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min)
Budget 13000000
Revenue 329398046
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Thriller
Director Darren Aronofsky
Writer Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John J. McLaughlin
Actors Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel
Country United States
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 97 wins & 280 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arriflex 16 SR3, Zeiss Ultra 16 Lenses, Arriflex 416, Zeiss Ultra 16 Lenses, Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon L-Series Lenses (all subway scenes), Canon EOS 7D, Canon L-Series Lenses (all subway scenes)
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA, Technicolor, New York (NY), USA (digital intermediate)
Film Length 2,946 m (Spain), 2,952 m (Sweden), 2,954 m (Portugal)
Negative Format 16 mm (Fuji Eterna Vivid 160T 8643, Eterna Vivid 500T 8647), Digital
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), HDTV (1080p/24) (source format) (some scenes), Super 16 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (blow-up) (Fuji Eterna-CP 3513DI), D-Cinema