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Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story

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On a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the Women's Lunatic Asylum, investigative reporter Nellie Bly feigns mental illness to be institutionalized to report from the inside.
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Robyn Bahr The Hollywood Reporter 01/22/2019
Ricci, who's always done well by her darkly curious characters, is convincing as a marked woman. But it's Light who ravages the screen, her Matron Grady filled with the class-based self-hatred of a woman Inspector Javer. Go to Full Review
Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 01/18/2019
If the goal was to goose the drama, "Escaping the Madhouse" falls well short of its intent. Go to Full Review
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Debbie M Aug 20 I LOVE THIS MOVIE, BUT IT'S TRAGICALLY SAD See more gina s 05/29/2023 Awesome movie, now I want to read the book. See more @c0urtn3y 10/15/2022 this was alright. i wanted it to be better though. i, like a few others, was VERY confused for the vast majority of the film right away. i read Nelly's book years ago so was familiar with her story & when it seemed like she was actually crazy & just experiencing this asylum on accident rather than on purpose, it mad me a little angry to think the filmmakers changed her story & made her a victim. however, they DO sort of turn the narrative around at the end, but it was almost like it was too late i was already over the movie, haha. idk. i guess i wished we had known why & how she got there right away up front. i felt the whole "romance" or whatever that was with one of the doctors was unnecessary as well. See more 08/14/2019 Disgusting. I can’t imagine having to go through this. See more 01/26/2019 The real story was already interesting and salacious enough without falsifying so many aspects. Christina Ricci is pretty good, but it would have been much more enjoyable to watch a documentary on the events instead of watching a fictionalized retelling. See more melanie m 01/25/2019 wow I can't believe I didn't have to pay for this movie and its one of the best movies I have seen in a while! Judith is amazing ... and we need to see her in more films!! Ricci is just always amazing so thats not surprise to me .... what sad time we really have come a long way as humans , I know sometimes it doesn't seem that way but if you really look back to these barbaric times and really puts it all in perspective ..... See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis On a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the Women's Lunatic Asylum, investigative reporter Nellie Bly feigns mental illness to be institutionalized to report from the inside.
Director
Karen Moncrieff
Producer
Juliette Hagopian
Screenwriter
Helen Childress
Production Co
Julijette
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 20, 2019
Runtime
1h 30m
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