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Universal acclaim- based on 44 Ratings

  • Starring: Angelina Jolie, Winona Ryder
  • Summary: In the 1960's a young woman (Ryder) commits herself to a mental institute after being diagnosed with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder). Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 32
  2. Negative: 4 out of 32
  1. Shrewd, tough, and lively -- a junior-league "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
  2. Reviewed by: Sarah Raskin
    80
    Despite uneven pacing -- Girl, Interrupted deftly collapses then and now to create a very personal film filled with heart-tugs and surprisingly funny moments.
  3. 60
    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.
  4. Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    30
    Ends up suffering from the classic diseases of book-to-film adaptation: triteness, overreliance of narration, and a general "need" to impose classic dramatic structure on what is not a particularly dramatic narrative.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 2 out of 23
  1. 10
    Great performance by Angeline Jolie, she is really great in playing intense characters. Movie in general was okey, liked the cast and the story. It is a movie that's worth watching. Expand
  2. 8
    Best role for Jolie, hands down. I'm more than shocked that the metacritic average is 51, it kind of pisses me off actually. I was glued to the tv set from start to finish. But I am one to drop everything out of my mind and get lost in a movie. A must watch in my book. Expand
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  4. JamesB.
    3
    English teachers should not show the movie to the students because the book was much better.

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