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- 2018
- PG-13
- Broad Green Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
- 2018
- PG-13
- Broad Green Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
Summary One morning, 24-year-old Susannah Cahalan (Chloë Grace Moretz) woke up in a hospital bed. She couldn't speak. She couldn't move. And she had no idea how she got there.
Directed By: Gerard Barrett
Written By: Susannah Cahalan, Gerard Barrett
- 2018
- PG-13
- Broad Green Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
- 2018
- PG-13
- Broad Green Pictures
- 1 h 28 m
Brain on Fire
34
6.1
Where to Watch
Summary One morning, 24-year-old Susannah Cahalan (Chloë Grace Moretz) woke up in a hospital bed. She couldn't speak. She couldn't move. And she had no idea how she got there.
Directed By: Gerard Barrett
Written By: Susannah Cahalan, Gerard Barrett
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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20% Positive
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20% Mixed
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60% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
34
20% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
60% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Brain On Fire is often effective, and at times positively enraging, but one can’t help but lament the much more disquieting film that might have resulted had the filmmakers been more willing to trust the facts of Cahalan’s case to speak for themselves instead of feeling a need to shove them into uplifting platitudes
There’s undoubtedly a terrifying true story at the centre and it’s easy to see why the film’s producer Charlize Theron optioned the book but there’s something a little too flat in the delivery.
This embarrassingly earnest film — produced by Charlize Theron — argues for the importance of doctors going the extra mile, when textbook diagnoses won’t do.
This is a downbeat slog of a film which tells a not particularly involving story.
Despite Barrett's careful attention to creating an unsettling mood of existential horror by loading the soundtrack with ambient dread, and his depiction of New York as a breeding ground for overstimulated instability, Brain on Fire just sits there, inert and uninvolving.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
6.1
50% Positive
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7 Ratings
36% Mixed
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14% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
6.1
50% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
36% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
14% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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Production Company
Denver and Delilah Productions,
Broad Green Pictures,
Foundation Features,
Blank Page Productions
Release Date Jun 22, 2018
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating PG-13
Website
http://www.brainonfiremovie.com/
