Girl, Interrupted

1999 127 min ★ 7.6 Drama

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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Cast

Winona Ryder

Susanna

Angelina Jolie

Lisa

Clea DuVall

Georgina

Brittany Murphy

Daisy

Elisabeth Moss

Polly

Jared Leto

Tobias Jacobs

Jeffrey Tambor

Dr. Potts

Vanessa Redgrave

Dr. Wick

Whoopi Goldberg

Valerie

Angela Bettis

Janet

Details

Director

James Mangold

Screenplay

Anna Hamilton Phelan

Tagline

"Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$48,350,205

Production

Red Wagon Entertainment, Columbia Pictures

Reviews

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wizzardss

February 25, 2021

★ 6/10

Back in the late 1990s, when it was announced that Susanna Kaysen's 1993 memoir _Girl, Interrupted_ would be turned into a movie, many actresses were reportedly fighting to join the cast that included a number of strong female leads. In the end, Winona Ryder was chosen to play Susanna Kaysen, a teenage girl who overdoses on aspirin and is admitted to psychiatric hospital. While in the 1960s ins...

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Andre Wilfred Sanders

July 17, 2023

★ 8/10

Sometimes you see them as crazy or mentally ill, but they are the cure that keeps you from going crazy if you love them. The movie touched my feelings when I realized that we were the disease that penetrated their bodies and made these angels crazy

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CinemaSerf

April 26, 2024

★ 7/10

Winona Ryder is on great form here in this rather brutally frank look at a girl struggling with mental health issues. "Susanna" had been rushed to hospital by her worried parents after an apparent attempt at suicide. Diagnosed with a potential personality disorder, she is admitted to the "Claymoore" facility under the care of "Dr. Wick" (Vanessa Redgrave) and nurse "Valerie" (Whoopi Goldberg). As ...