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22 August 2003 (Norway) moreTagline:
young and depressed in americaPlot:
A young woman struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard. Based on Elizabeth Wurtzel's novel. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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read the book instead moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christina Ricci | ... | Elizabeth Wurtzel | |
| Jason Biggs | ... | Rafe | |
| Anne Heche | ... | Dr. Sterling | |
| Michelle Williams | ... | Ruby | |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | ... | Noah | |
| Jessica Lange | ... | Mrs. Wurtzel | |
| Jesse Moss | ... | Sam | |
| Nicholas Campbell | ... | Donald (as Nick Campbell) | |
| Zoe Miller | ... | Elizabeth at age 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.Parents Guide:
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95 min | Canada:99 min (Toronto International Film Festival)Language:
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Iceland:16 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:11 | USA:RFun Stuff
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Continuity: After Elizabeth has sex, when she is talking to Ruby she goes to sit on the bed. In the next shot, she is standing up. moreQuotes:
Elizabeth: Sometimes it feels like we're all living in a Prozac nation. The United States of Depression. moreSoundtrack:
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I think I should start by stating that I was hungry for this film, the book Prozac Nation, which chronicles Elizabeth Wurtzel's battle with depression, meant so much to me and each delay to the film (and there were many) only served to increase my desire to see it. Then I watched it . and from the opening scene my heart sank.
But lets get things straight first, it is a good film, probably would never win any awards but there are worse ways to kill a couple of hours. The performances, from a cast that includes Jessica Lange and Anne Heche, are solid (although somewhat unfairly Jason Biggs will always be the guy who humped the pie in my eyes) and in the case of Christina Ricci, who played Wurtzel herself, exceptional, the soundtrack's cool (well it does include The Pretenders, Lou Reed and Bruce Springsteen after all) and if you haven't read the book you'll probably like, maybe even love, it. However therein lies the problem, a film based on an international bestseller is surely aiming itself at a target audience of its readers and for this film that's the very people who are least likely to enjoy it. The film sucks out all the depth that made the book so brilliant and so important to millions, for example, instead of being a emotionally messed up young woman who fears abandonment and uses sex and anger as defence mechanisms, Wurtzel becomes a bitchy, whiny slut who is difficult to relate to or feel sympathy for. Furthermore the time constraints lead the film to focus solely on the Harvard years cutting out the important childhood/teen years and leading to a resolution which occurs far to early making depression seem like a problem which can be solved within a year. However I suppose the biggest problem the film has to overcome is the fact that reading Prozac Nation is a highly personal and private thing, meaning no film will be able to compare to the one the readers have already seen in their heads.