ill brained wrote:
Saw it last night. The acting was great, but the actual movie isn't nearly as great as people are claiming.
I kinda agree.  I think after reading so many things about it that I was expecting something completely confusing and that had me with lots of questions.  Honestly, IMO, it's an new, art house take on crazy delivered via an award winning performance by Natalie.  Nobody else' performance was mind blowing, this movie was pretty easy to follow and every scene pretty much explained itself.  Even the girl I went with picked up on the little details and she doesn't get anythingsmiley: laugh.  There were some funny parts ("David, would you fuck this girl?" - cracked me up) and the symbolism was simple but good (i.e. Nina and her mom constantly clipping her nails, thus keeping her "wings clipped" among other things).

Overall I really, really enjoyed it.  I'll be buying it when it comes out.