Girl, Interrupted
"One Of The Best Films Of The Year!" -Paul Tatara, CNN.COM
Two time Oscar-nominee Winona Ryder stars in the fascinating true story of a young woman's life-altering stay at a famous psychiatric hospital in the turbulent late 1960s.
Questionably diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, Susanna (Winona Ryder) rebels against head nurse (Whoopi Goldberg) and top psychiatrist (Vanessa Redgrave), choosing instead to befriend the resident "loonies" -- a group of troubled women including the seductively charismatic sociopath Lisa (Angelina Jolie).
But Susanna quickly learns that if she wants her freedom, she'll have to face the person who terrifies her most of all: herself.
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Good movie - Wentai
1) Beautiful women, very skilled and emotive.
2) Interesting look at a place that hopefully most of us never see from the inside.
3) Finally, a female centered movie. Great for those that actually want to see women with good roles.
4) A movie that makes one question exactly what it means to be ill.
5) A great way to see Angelina Jolie as she honed her craft, before she became outragously famous from the Laura Croft franchise and subsequent block busters.Brillantly acted and thought provoking - jungforu
Girl, Interrupted is one of those movies that challenges the viewer's understanding of the world. In this case, it is a girl, who for a reason unknown to her, is put into a psychiatric hospital. Though she is ultimately diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, she rebels againsit it, challenging her, and society's view, of what's 'normal' and 'crazy'.
The acting in this movie was brillant, especially Angelina Jolie, who won best supporting actress for this movie. She truly pushed the boundaries as a sociopath.
All in all, this movie was very interesting, intellectual, and captures the tone of the 60's and the world of psychiatric hospitals.Good Cast In A Very Average Movie - revsdd
Winona Ryder stars as Susanna Kaysen in this movie adapted from the real Kaysen's book about her stay in a psychiatric hospital in the late 1960's after a suicide attempt.
Ryder puts on a generally good performance, but is outshone by Angelina Jolie, playing Lisa, Kaysen's sometimes friend and sometimes tormenter. Jolie's performance was powerful. Most of the supporting cast (who generally play the parts of other residents) is solid, but tend to fade into the background for the most part behind Ryder and Jolie. I thought Whoopi Goldberg was strangely cast in a rather limited role as the head nurse of the institution, who consistently challenges Kaysen to get better and get out of the place.
In spite of the generally good performances, though, the story was a bit slow-moving. There were some very powerful scenes, but we seem to have to endure long stretches of relative boredom to get to them. The somewhat plodding storyline does move, however, to a strong climax. We just have to wait far too long to get there! Overall, I can't say this is any better than a very average movie.
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Good movie - Wentai
1) Beautiful women, very skilled and emotive.
2) Interesting look at a place that hopefully most of us never see from the inside.
3) Finally, a female centered movie. Great for those that actually want to see women with good roles.
4) A movie that ...Brillantly acted and thought provoking - jungforu
Girl, Interrupted is one of those movies that challenges the viewer's understanding of the world. In this case, it is a girl, who for a reason unknown to her, is put into a psychiatric hospital. Though she is ultimately diagnosed with borderline personality ...Good Cast In A Very Average Movie - revsdd
Winona Ryder stars as Susanna Kaysen in this movie adapted from the real Kaysen's book about her stay in a psychiatric hospital in the late 1960's after a suicide attempt.
Ryder puts on a generally good performance, but is outshone by Angelina Jolie, ...