Girl, Interrupted
"Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy."
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.
🎬 DirectorJames Mangold
📅 Release1999-12-21
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioRed Wagon Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
🗳 Votes4,112
🔥 Popularity21
💰 Budget$40,000,000
💵 Revenue$48,350,205
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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
Jillian Armenante
Cynthia
Drucie McDaniel
M-G
Alison Claire
Gretta
Christina Myers
Margie
Joanna Kerns
Annette
🎥 Crew
Director
James Mangold
Novel
Susanna Kaysen
Screenplay
Lisa Loomer
Screenplay
James Mangold
Screenplay
Anna Hamilton Phelan
Producer
Cathy Konrad
Producer
Douglas Wick
Original Music Composer
Mychael Danna
Director of Photography
Jack N. Green
Editor
Kevin Tent
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🏷 Keywords
based on novel or bookescapesuicide attemptidentityinsanityfemale friendshipbased on true storyborderline personality disorderpsychiatric hospitalmental institutionfemale protagonistbased on memoir or autobiography
💬 Reviews
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…
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…
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 …
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