I was very moved by this film, I found it exhilarating and painful at the same time. All of the scenes powerfully encapsulate stages of addiction, the starry eyed beginning to the hopelessness and victimization of a need that cannot be satisfied, but must be obeyed both with the drugs and each other. The desperation of two people trying to make sense of a world that they have created and maintained through their drug use, the withdrawal from and eventual isolation from normal and eventually each other is all shown here sparing nothing. The sense that they have captured something beautiful and unique, well aware of the impending pitfall that awaits them is so beautifully portrayed here it is hard not to sympathize with all of the characters even at their most desperate; understanding where they come from and what drives them. Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish work well together and my respect for Heath Ledger has been restored to full after some horrible roles post Two Hands.
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