David Edelstein has what is probably the first negative comment about 'Black Swan':
The camera follows about a foot behind Nina's slender neck as the locations change and doppelgangers pop up left and right. Reflections of Nina in mirrors take on a life of their own. Icky, feathery things sprout from her flesh. There are bloody assaults that might or might not be real.
Black Swan is a virtuosic piece of filmmaking, a tour de force — and also, I think, a camp classic, like Showgirls remade by Roman Polanski. You could have a great time laughing at it and it's goofy Freudian cliches, if only it weren't so bludgeoning.
Black Swan is a virtuosic piece of filmmaking, a tour de force — and also, I think, a camp classic, like Showgirls remade by Roman Polanski. You could have a great time laughing at it and it's goofy Freudian cliches, if only it weren't so bludgeoning.
Well, maybe 'negative' isn't the right word. 'Grudgingly reverential' seems to be the tone. Resistant yet adoring?
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