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Based on the best selling novel, set in the mid 1980's before the prevalence of anti-depressants, it follows a young working class woman's (Christina Ricci) bout with depression during her first year at Harvard. The film explores this generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex, and an overbearing mother (Jessica Lange).
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Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Drug Content|Sexuality|Some Disturbing Images)
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg
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Producer: R. Paul Miller, Galt Niederhoffer, Brad Weston
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Writer: Frank Deasy, Larry Gross, Galt Niederhoffer, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Distributor: Miramax Films
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Production Co: Miramax Films, Millennium Films
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Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
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The strong performances from Ricci and Lange elevate this depressing drama and prevent us from fully hating a troubled character who can't stop hurting everyone around her, and it is very sad how it shows the tragic effects of depression on a person and on those who love her.
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The memoir, 'Prozac Nation', is competent enough to deserve to be in the cannon of memoirs on depression but it's really not that good. Wrutzel is a perturbing narcissistic and spoiled bitch with little, if any, depth that was showcased in her crude and idiotic article on David Foster Wallace's death, turning the saddest event in the literary world in decades and fashioning into a me-me article. A pathetic human if ever there was one. Not to mention her memoir spawned, what I call, Prosac-chic wherein rather than the famous CK heroin-chic style of the 90's was drastically changed to making depression into a hip thing. There isn't much worse than being depressed and having to watch a bunch of youngsters shaking their pill bottles, making bad art, and constantly reminding you how their thirteen-years of existence are so much worse than yours. The fad has only gained in momentum. The adaptation does have redeeming qualities, mainly in the five minute scene where Lou Reed is present, as the directing is good, it has a nice style, and the actors do what they can with their non-characters. The first half is about partying at Harvard (ugh) and the second half takes a large nose dive into the (lack of) depth in the manic/depressive stage. Nothing works. A self-centered brat as a protagonist whose behaviours are more narcissistic and deranged than they are manic depressive.
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A depressant's nightmare based upon a true story. A young woman's adventure into coming to grips with her parent's divorce, being comfortable with herself as she goes through her freshman year in College and eventually working for Rolling Stone Magazine...despite the anguish she went through...finding help through therapy...the anguish the heartbreak is all portrayed exceptionally well by Christina Ricci. See this it is really good. Plus the way Christina narrates her journey is incredible.
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More of a lifetime movie, than the generation capstone it was trying to portray. The performances are melodramatic and repetitious. Even the quality of the film comes off 10 years older than it actually should be. Could have used some more grit!
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