Girl, Interrupted
Overview
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.
Reviews (3)
wizzardss (Rated: 6)
Back in the late 1990s, when it was announced that Susanna Kaysen's 1993 memoir Girl, Interrupted would be turned into a movie, many actresses were reportedly fighting to join the cast that included a number of strong female leads.
In the end, Winona Ryder was chosen to play Susanna Kaysen, a t...
Ahmetaslan27 (Rated: 8)
Sometimes you see them as crazy or mentally ill, but they are the cure that keeps you from going crazy if you love them. The movie touched my feelings when I realized that we were the disease that penetrated their bodies and made these angels crazy
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
Winona Ryder is on great form here in this rather brutally frank look at a girl struggling with mental health issues. "Susanna" had been rushed to hospital by her worried parents after an apparent attempt at suicide. Diagnosed with a potential personality disorder, she is admitted to the "Claymoore"...
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