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22 August 2003 (Norway)
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A young woman struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard. Based on Elizabeth Wurtzel's novel. full summary | add synopsis
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Suicide Attempt
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Roommate
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Depressingly bad
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Christina Ricci | ... | Elizabeth |
 | Jason Biggs | ... | Rafe |
 | Anne Heche | ... | Dr. Sterling |
 | Michelle Williams | ... | Ruby |
 | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | ... | Noah (as Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) |
 | Jessica Lange | ... | Mrs. Wurtzel |
 | Jesse Moss | ... | Sam |
| Nicholas Campbell | ... | Donald (as Nick Campbell) |
| Zoe Miller | ... | Elizabeth at 12 |
| Sheila Paterson | ... | Grandmother |
| Rob Freeman | ... | Mister Cool |
| Nicole Parker | ... | Waitress (as Nicole Parker Smith) |
 | Frida Betrani | ... | Julia |
| Klodyne Rodney | ... | Nurse |
| Ian Tracey | ... | Rolling Stone Editor |
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Rated R for language, drug content, sexuality/nudity and some disturbing images.
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95 min | Canada:99 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Iceland:16 |
Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Netherlands:12 |
Australia:MA (DVD rating) |
Finland:K-15 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Norway:11 |
USA:R
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When Elizabeth Wurtzel is writing the piece on Bruce Springsteen, a pack of Morleys, the fictional cigarette brand from the "The X Files" (1993) can be seen on her desk.
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Anachronisms: When Elizabeth is moving into her dorm room (in late Summer, 1985), the top LP on the pile she looks at briefly is "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" by Pink Floyd, which was released in September of 1987.
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References It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
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If you're coming to this film to learn something about depression, forget it: you won't learn anything except how not to write a screenplay on the subject. I understand the intent was to show how severe depression can turn an average person into a complete wreck, but the result is the most one-dimensional character I've ever seen in a Hollywood feature... no small feat. Christina Ricci as Elizabeth spends the entirety of this film screaming at the top of her lungs, viciously insulting someone, bursting into tears or some combination of the three (the only exceptions being some quiet sulking at the beginning and end). There is not the slightest hint of what she might be like WITHOUT depression... not the faintest glimmer of any other aspects of her personality... she just screams. At one point, her roommate says something like, "Lizzie, you're such a fun person to be around when you're not being depressed," and my reaction was, "Really? She IS?" It seemed odd to me that the writers would include this fact without giving us any examples, but this script is a lesson in incompetence. It has no discernible structure or flow at all; instead, it consists of a series of awkwardly strung-together scenes of Lizzie screaming, then ends. Character development? No... Scenes of her everyday existence, i.e. going to classes, that might possibly be important details? No... Screaming at maximum volume? CHECK. It's not quite enough, I'm afraid. 1/10.