Reviews

Portman understandably earned an Oscar for her work as a ballerina who is clearly struggling with mental instabilities that are in no way aided by her former ballerina stage mother (Barbara Hershey) or her rigid dedication to being a perfect ballerina that ironically makes her an imperfect choice fo...

Natalie Portman finally won a long overdue Oscar for her performance in Black Swan, a 2010 psychological drama set against the world of ballet about a dancer who is cast in the role of the Swan Queen in Swan Lake, despite the fact that the director has doubts about her ability to pull of the Black S...

The director (Cassel) sees her as the perfect fit for the white swan, but wonders about her ability to portray the black swan.

To be The Swan Queen, you must embrace the good and bad sides of the Queen - the White Swan and the Black Swan.

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.

[i]Black Swan[/i] is a film that stays with you, whether you enjoyed it or not. Aronofsky doesn't apologize for his films, he makes them the way he wants to and I applaud him for it.

Nina dances the "white" swan effortlessly and flawlessly, but the director worries that she cannot find the dark, seductive power of the "black" swan.