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Overview
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Release Date:
14 January 2000 (USA)
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Plot:
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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8 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(61 articles)
Ryder: 'I Wasn't Jealous Of Jolie's Oscar Win'
(From WENN. 25 October 2009, 6:26 PM, PDT)
Voight: 'Winslet Deserved To Win'
(From WENN. 23 February 2009, 4:06 AM, PST)
(From WENN. 25 October 2009, 6:26 PM, PDT)
Voight: 'Winslet Deserved To Win'
(From WENN. 23 February 2009, 4:06 AM, PST)
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jaundiced beauty, and vaccine of the soul
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Winona Ryder | ... | Susanna Kaysen | |
| Angelina Jolie | ... | Lisa Rowe | |
| Clea DuVall | ... | Georgina Tuskin (as Clea Duvall) | |
| Brittany Murphy | ... | Daisy Randone | |
| Elisabeth Moss | ... | Polly 'Torch' Clark | |
| Jared Leto | ... | Tobias 'Toby' Jacobs | |
| Jeffrey Tambor | ... | Dr. Melvin Potts | |
| Vanessa Redgrave | ... | Dr. Sonia Wick | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Valerie Owens, RN | |
| Angela Bettis | ... | Janet Webber | |
| Jillian Armenante | ... | Cynthia Crowley | |
| Drucie McDaniel | ... | M.G. | |
| Alison Claire | ... | Nurse Gretta | |
| Christina Myers | ... | Nurse Margie | |
| Joanna Kerns | ... | Annette Kaysen |
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong language and content relating to drugs, sexuality and suicide.
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Runtime:
127 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Iceland:14 |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
USA:R (certificate #36459) |
Malaysia:18PL |
Malaysia:U (cut version) |
Portugal:M/16 |
Philippines:R-18 |
Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) |
Brazil:14 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Canada:16+ (Québec) |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-14 |
Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Mexico:B |
New Zealand:M |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15
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There is a line in the movie said by Angelina Jolie's character, "Lisa" that is a poem by 'Dorothy Parker' called "Resume": "Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live."
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Continuity: Susanna's hair When Valerie throws her into the bathtub. It appears almost combed back off of her face, then forward seconds later. She also has more water on her face in the scene a few seconds later.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: I Can't Get Started (#2.22)" (2002)
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Soundtrack:
Roadhouse Blues
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Is the entire film based on real events and facts?Were all of the girls in the film friends and did they remain friendly?
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How good is Angelina Jolie in this film? It is a testament to this young actor's presence that even as dark and soul sickened and gloriously decaying as her character is, there is not a frame in this film that doesn't feel her infection.
Winona Rider is equally excellent as the psychologically confused (or is it enlightened?) hero forced to navigate the depths of her own psyche. The interplay between these two is somehow able to range from the enchanting to the exquisitely painful; but from beginning to end remains capable of leaving you breathless.
Presented with the softly rendered and absorbing visualization of a young girl's decent into psychological insecurity; it is a hauntingly supple progression toward the half understood disturbance of what we might have experienced. If you've ever questioned your own sanity or escaped periods of exceptional melancholy in your life, this film is certain to trigger old fears. But it is also certain to remind you how exquisite and simple salvation can often be.
Refreshingly unlike any of the myriad of fine 'expose' films detailing the darker side of madness (see Roman Polanski's 'Repulsion') or even those with a more poli-social agenda (see Milos Foreman's 'One Flew Over the Cookoo's nest'); 'Girl, Interrupted' achieves a very rare victory in modern film. It conjures enough unnerving insight to bring us scintilatingly close to its most macabre moments; while sewing atop this a spiritual safety net. One capable of the mental restoration that must bring us back to the security of our well cushioned theatre seat. All movement in between remains internal; a lingering memory of personal identification and cathartic resolution.
One look into Angelina Jolie's eyes and you will see the warm, jaundiced decay of a soul no longer battling with sanity. Fear is born of those eyes when you realize how strongly they've tempted your own tired efforts...even as the second look delves closer to a bleakness bearing fruition beyond existential suicide. This film deserves that second look, as well as its painful salvation: a jaundiced beauty whose tragic death is no less healing than the memory of a lost friend.