Girl, Interrupted

James Mangold

1999

3.86

Synopsis

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

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Winona RyderSusanna Kaysen
Angelina JolieLisa Rowe
Brittany MurphyDaisy Randone
Clea DuVallGeorgina Tuskin
Elisabeth MossPolly Clark
Whoopi GoldbergValerie Owens
Vanessa RedgraveDr. Wick
Jared LetoToby
Jeffrey TamborDr. Melvin Potts
Travis FineNurse John

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91
Entertainment Weekly
Shrewd, tough, and lively -- a junior-league "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
75
Philadelphia Inquirer
The performances in Girl, Interrupted resonate, but the movie does not.
70
Los Angeles Times
Top performances keep true-life mental ward tale Girl, Interrupted soaring, despite a script that frequently drifts into genre clichés.
63
Boston Globe
There's too much control in it and not enough danger.
63
Chicago Sun-Times
The story, having failed to provide itself with character conflicts that can be resolved with drama, turns to melodrama instead.
60
TV Guide Magazine
There's very little plot, and director Mangold's attempts to make a connection between the social confusion of the '60s and Susanna's inner turmoil don't really work.
60
Variety
A solid central performance by Winona Ryder and a captivating wild turn by Angelina Jolie in the yarn's flashiest role.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
A sappy, muddled production that misses the jarring tone of the autobiographical book by Susanna Kaysen on which it is based.

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