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"You're already dead Lisa!"
James Mangold's Girl, Interrupted is so moving and thought-provoking that it's scary. Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie are pure gold in their performances here. Even Brittany Murphy is completely frigthening as Daisy, a young patient with anorexia who's "addicted" to her dad's chicken. James Mangold is a great director, he also directed Identity, Copland, Kate and Leopold, and the most recent, Walk the Line. I love everyting about this film, great set design, terrific script, and the film is based on a true story. My favorite scene is when Lisa (Jolie) confronts Daisy in her house. Jolie received a best supporting oscar but she is practically in this film as much as Ryder's character, Joanna Kaysen. Ryder is a tremendous and i was very disappointed she did not get a nomination for best actress. Joanna attempts suicide and is placed in a woman's ward for the mentally disturbed, along the way she becomes friends with many of her fellow patients, a soicopath, a burn victim, a couple of anorexics, and a pathological liar played elegantly by Clea Duvall. Joanna is diagnosed with a boderline personality disorder, as she tries to understand her disorder she learns to trust others and herself, and must find a way to do what she has dreamed of doing her whole life and that is to be a writer. Girl, Interrupted is gutsy, real, and heartbreakingly sad. I highly recommend this film to anyone who loves dramas.

One Girl Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest!!!
Maybe not funny as Cukoo's Nest but this time there are Crazy Babies!

Adios.

A frank peek into their tumultuous lives.
How good is Angelina Jolie in this film? It is a testament to this young actor's presence that even as dark and soul sickened and gloriously decaying as her character is, there is not a frame in this film that doesn't feel her infection.

Winona Rider is equally excellent as the psychologically confused (or is it enlightened?) hero forced to navigate the depths of her own psyche. The interplay between these two is somehow able to range from the enchanting to the exquisitely painful; but from beginning to end remains capable of leaving you breathless. One look into Angelina Jolie's eyes and you will see the warm, jaundiced decay of a soul no longer battling with sanity. Fear is born of those eyes when you realize how strongly they've tempted your own tired efforts...even as the second look delves closer to a bleakness bearing fruition beyond existential suicide.

Presented with the softly rendered and absorbing visualization of a young girl's decent into psychological insecurity; it is a hauntingly supple progression toward the half understood disturbance of what we might have experienced. James Mangold directed this film quite nicely from a very good screenplay; he managed to portray all these young women as young women in turmoil. No melodrama, no over the top sentimentality, just a frank peek into their tumultuous lives.


If you've ever questioned your own sanity or escaped periods of exceptional melancholy in your life, this film is certain to trigger old fears. But it is also certain to remind you how exquisite and simple salvation can often be. This film deserves that second look, as well as its painful salvation: a jaundiced beauty whose tragic death is no less healing than the memory of a lost friend. It is a heavy drama, so be forewarned! And a very moving drama at that.

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