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      Boy Interrupted

      2009 1h 32m Documentary List
      Reviews 89% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Evan Scott Perry received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder when he was a preteen, and in 2005, committed suicide at the age of 15. There was a family history of mental illness; his Uncle Scott had killed himself at 22 in 1971.Evan had first exhibited suicidal tendencies when he was only 5. Directed by his mother, filmmaker Dana Heinz Perry, the film traces Evan's growing mental illness, including videotapes made throughout his short life and interviews with his friends and doctors. Read More Read Less

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      william k Heartfelt, but also unsettling documentary doesn't come up with answers, but draws an adequate, inside picture of the family's and the boy's struggle with mental illness. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Made me sick that those parents made their mentally ill son who was clearly suffering live in the constant filming for their purposes. It would probably lead me to suicide too having parents like that. Help your child, don't film his symptoms for the world to be entertained with. I felt bad watching it. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Very unsettling documentary about an issue that is critical to learn more about - mental illness. It's a great watch and learn. We ALL know someone, many who are close to us, who do not have a choice in certain ways that their mind works. It behooves us to know more, for them, for us, and for life. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member "there isn't a choice to cope" A tremendously sad and heartfelt documentary looking at the life and tragic suicide of a young teenage boy. With such a personal and distressing subject matter, you might expect those involved to tread with caution and hold something back but that's not the case here. The film's strongest achievement is its honesty. It's that honesty that allows us to see ourselves in their shoes or in Evans and it's stories like this that stay with you. This is a film where you will learn something, just as long as you're willing to take the lesson. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Boy Interrupted is a harsh, brutally honest look into the lives of mentally ill children and the hardship that their parents must learn to deal with. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member This is ine of the most compelling and insightful pieces I have ever seen about unravelling what life is for a person with mental illness. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Rob Humanick Slant Magazine Not unlike Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, personal anguish here proves emotionally cathartic. Rated: 3/4 Aug 4, 2009 Full Review Tirdad Derakhshani Philadelphia Inquirer Boy Interrupted is a remarkable, deeply unsettling documentary about the life of Evan Perry, an uncommonly bright, talented boy from New York who committed suicide at age 15. Rated: 3/4 Apr 2, 2009 Full Review Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media Haunting suicide/depression docu; watch with your teens. Rated: 4/5 Jan 2, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Evan Scott Perry received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder when he was a preteen, and in 2005, committed suicide at the age of 15. There was a family history of mental illness; his Uncle Scott had killed himself at 22 in 1971.Evan had first exhibited suicidal tendencies when he was only 5. Directed by his mother, filmmaker Dana Heinz Perry, the film traces Evan's growing mental illness, including videotapes made throughout his short life and interviews with his friends and doctors.
      Director
      Dana Heinz Perry
      Producer
      Sheila Nevins, Nancy Abraham
      Production Co
      Perry Films, Inc.
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 17, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 32m
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