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Requiem for a Dream (2000) film

Discussed in 9 episodes · 7 film takes
PKA Score 4.9/10
Kyle
5.3/10
6 takes
Taylor
4.1🦉/7
1 take
IMDb 8.3 RT 80% Metacritic 71
PKA rates this 2.9 lower than critics

Sentiment over time — how their takes changed across episodes

LovedNeutralHatedPKA 330PKA 429PKA 528PKA 627PKA 726PKA 330: +0.00 (1 take)PKA 372: +0.52 (2 takes)PKA 542: -0.80 (1 take)PKA 639: -0.85 (1 take)PKA 726: -0.93 (2 takes)
Each dot is one episode’s average take (bigger = more takes that episode). Toggle a host to isolate their arc. Voice-verified film/show opinions only.

Every time it came up

▶ PKA 542 @ 52:50 — PKA 542 w Dick Masterson - Taylor's Basement Contractor, Kyle Da
Discussion of sad heroin-related movies
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“After watching... Oh, Requiem for a Dream. That's a really sad movie. Yeah, that's the one that turned me off of sad heroin movies.”
▶ PKA 605 @ 1:02:36 — PKA 605 W/ Blame Truth: BT Gets Banned, Meeting Johnny Depp, Tay
Discussed as deeply upsetting film, watched while high as a teenager
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“Requiem for a Dream did that to me. The movie's so sad. I watched it like high with my friends and it fucked us up.”
▶ PKA 453 @ 1:24:30 — Painkiller Already #453
Discussion of disturbing scenes in the film
Taylor · unverified▼ negative
“it's it's just funny when like um i don't know like if that was played by audrey plaza i i can't she's funny but It wouldn't be so weird to me.”
▶ PKA 330 @ 34:00 — Painkiller Already #330
Mentioned in discussion of films with unsimulated sexual content, specifically the ass-to-ass scene with body double
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“I saw that scene from Requiem for a Dream where they go ass to ass was in there and apparently that's real but it's not Jennifer Jason Leigh's ass”
▶ PKA 372 @ 31:04 — Painkiller Already #372
Discussion of dark content and impact on viewers
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“Yeah, it's dark. I watched it once. It made me feel... It's one of those movies that took a little bit of my, like, humanity away”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“If you've never seen Requiem of a Dream, I hope I'm getting the title exactly right. It could be A Requiem of a Dream. that is some dark next time arian fosters on the show you can explain to him i've seen requiem for a ”
▶ PKA 726 @ 3:17:58 — PKA 726 W/ Dick Masterson: Woody Gives Jackie The Worst Christma
Kyle describes his traumatic experience watching the film, particularly the ending involving two characters
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I really hate this the poor I need an anti-depressant like I I feel like I just saw the worst of humanity condensed into a a two-hour movie”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I will never watch that movie again it was sad as [ __ ] you watched that one once and you're good on requiem for a dream for”
▶ PKA 639 @ 21:30 — PKA 639 W/ Wolf: Belle Delphine Collab, Milking Jordan Peterson,
Brief discussion of the film's depressing nature and difficulty to rewatch
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Requiem of a dream is uh of a dream or of I think for a Dream that I've never watched it after the time we watched it there uh in that [ __ ] apartment that time I was so upset I was so upset it's just so sad”
▶ PKA 542 @ 53:00 — PKA 542 w Dick Masterson - Taylor's Basement Contractor, Kyle Da
Kyle mentions the sad heroin movie that turned him off from watching similar films.
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“that's a really sad movie yeah that's that's the one that turned me off of sad heroin movies”
▶ PKA 464 @ 1:21:58 — PKA 464 Taylor Bible Story, Lebron's Wig, Aggressive Policeman
Discussed as emotionally devastating film
Taylor · unverified▼ negative
“Requiem for a dream will fit right in there for you if you rest I'm going to write that down”