Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted

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

Rating

4.0 (1)

Release Date

12/21/1999

Runtime

127 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$48,350,205

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A reflective dive into the 1960s psychiatric system through the eyes of a young woman learning to navigate the blurred boundaries between sanity and her own fractured self. The film balances dark introspection with moments of strange, unexpected grace found in unlikely friendships.

Mood

ContemplativeMelancholicBittersweetWistful

Themes

IdentityFriendshipFreedomComing of age

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDesaturated

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

Reviews

stormaciousd

When Lisa is reading Susanna's book aloud to the other girls, it's exactly like when Marion reads Harriet's spy notebook to everyone in Harriet the Spy.

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