Girl, Interrupted
1999 · TMDB 7.6
Directed by James Mangold
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.
Why it matters
Susanna Kaysen's memoir of her two years in a psychiatric ward becomes a prism for late-60s female rebellion, anchored by Winona Ryder's brittle intelligence and Angelina Jolie's feral, scene-stealing Lisa.
From Girlhood Reclaimed
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Released
- 1999-12-21
- Studio
- Red Wagon Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.6
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