Girl, Interrupted

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Kirill M Яссификация «Пролетая над гнездом кукушки». Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/05/24 Full Review Fabrícia F A imersão nessa experiência vista sob a perspectiva de pacientes de uma instituição psiquiátrica é muito interessante. Personagens com dramas pessoais que refletem a realidade. Vale a pena assistir. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/22/24 Full Review Ben D The “mental institution” is a natural setting for incubating strong performances, for, by default, it offers a range of emotions, idiosyncrasies, power imbalances, and unreliable characters. Susanna (Winona Ryder) is stuck (of her own accord) in one such institution after a suicide attempt. She’s from a privileged background, but isn’t going full Patty Hearst or anything and just wants a future different from that of her mother. In the institution, Susanna meets and befriends women with all sorts of afflictions, including, but not limited to, pathological lying, sexual trauma, self-harm, schizophrenia, sociopathy, laxative addiction, bipolar disorder, et al. While the parallels to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest are obvious, this is a much different movie when it comes to the conflict. Here, Susanna flirts with rebellion against the institution — typically anthropomorphized through Nurse Owens (Whoopi Goldberg) — but is really engaged in an eternal battle over the influences of a fellow patient, Lisa (Angelina Jolie). Everyone already knows Jolie’s performance steals the show, and while I’d seen Girl, Interrupted already (probably 15 years ago or so), I had no recollection of how good she truly is in this movie. A lesser performance could’ve made the story delve into stereotype after stereotype shepherded by the big girl on campus. But instead, Jolie plays Lisa as a menacing, charismatic leader. Someone who the women want to admire from a distance, only complying with her demands for adventure when they have sufficiently fallen under her spell. Lisa is a bully. Lisa is a villain. Lisa is the reason you watch this movie, despite the excellent ensemble cast. It seems like every other scene the women are breaking curfew, journeying to abandoned wings of the institution, and even breaking out with zero resistance at will. While Claymoore may be the least secure mental institution in American history, its porous walls permit our characters to drift, explore, and follow their leader. RT (53/84) is shocking. I’m with the audience on this one. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/18/24 Full Review Sams K Underrated af! Perfect acting and a very well-done screenplay. A very important work about mental illness and life inside asylums and mentally illness structures. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/06/24 Full Review Audience Member im not joking this is my comfort movie i love it so much its not my usual genre like youd expect it to be a bit off putting as its set in a psych ward however i just am addicted to it its emotional and ginge worthy i wish there was like a number 2 or something. im an older teen and id recommed! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/03/24 Full Review Audience Member i love this movie so much. as sad as it is, i am literally lisa and daisy combined. this movie also showed the reality and the flaws of what being in a mental hospital is like. this movie will forever be my favorite. i recommend to not watch this movie ONLY if you get triggered easily though. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/31/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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