I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

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Nicholas R Kathleen Quinlan gives a stellar performance for which she received a Golden Globe Best Actress nomination. Both vulnerable and exuberant, she is totally captivating. Supported by strong performances from the other leads. I know the Iria natives are cliché but remember that this is a teen girl's fantasy, not a National Geographic documentary! The story is based on a semi-autobiographical novel and is both creative and bold. Underrated. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/02/23 Full Review Rich M Unlike "Cuckoo's Nest" this film is based on a semiautobiographical account of mental illness and recovery. The patient's history includes early-life trauma and may fit modern definitions of CPTSD or BPD with psychotic features better than schizophrenia, but this, unlike many other psychiatric films depicts an actual case history, relayed by the recovered patient herself. The vivid world that the patient dissociates into may seem odd, but for someone with vivid internal imagery (high VVIQ), this may make a lot of sense. I recommend that you don't judge the film, just try to learn from it. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Unsettling and slightly melodramatic, Anthony Page's film that explores schizophrenia and the attendant therapist/patient dynamics, is mostly successful due to Kathleen Quinlan's convincing portrayal of a teenager struggling through mental illness. Excellent supporting work by Susan Tyrell, and several notable early screen appearances, including Dennis Quaid, Mel Gibson, and Oingo Boingo. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review steve d The Acting is good enough to make it work. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Watched this after reading the book. It's a movie from the 70s and it shows. The other-worldliness of her hallucinations is substituted by white in indigenous-esque costumes doing pointless rituals. Her Jewishness is entirely erased. The actors are good and it does portray some of the important parts of the story, but better to read the book and skip the movie. I could see some interesting influences this film had on later media that take place in mental hospitals ie: Girl Interrupted, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member An autobiographical tale of attempted suicide, horrific schizophrenia, and frequent trips to a rather unpleasant mental hospital. and another example of the song being better or lasting longer than the movie Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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