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Veronika Decides to Die

  • 2009
  • R
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
13K
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Sarah Michelle Gellar in Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
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After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika ... Read allAfter a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.

  • Director
    • Emily Young
  • Writers
    • Paulo Coelho
    • Larry Gross
    • Roberta Hanley
  • Stars
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar
    • Jonathan Tucker
    • Erika Christensen
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Emily Young
    • Writers
      • Paulo Coelho
      • Larry Gross
      • Roberta Hanley
    • Stars
      • Sarah Michelle Gellar
      • Jonathan Tucker
      • Erika Christensen
    • 52User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Sarah Michelle Gellar
    Sarah Michelle Gellar
    • Veronika Deklava
    Jonathan Tucker
    Jonathan Tucker
    • Edward
    Erika Christensen
    Erika Christensen
    • Claire
    Florencia Lozano
    Florencia Lozano
    • Dr. Thompson
    Rena Owen
    Rena Owen
    • Nurse Josephine
    Erica Gimpel
    Erica Gimpel
    • Nurse White
    Victor Slezak
    Victor Slezak
    • Gabriel Durant
    Barbara Sukowa
    Barbara Sukowa
    • Mrs. Deklava
    Victor Steinbach
    • Mr. Deklava
    Melissa Leo
    Melissa Leo
    • Mari
    David Thewlis
    David Thewlis
    • Dr. Blake
    Virl Andrick
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    • Eric Grafton
    • Director
      • Emily Young
    • Writers
      • Paulo Coelho
      • Larry Gross
      • Roberta Hanley
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    • Trivia
      Kate Bosworth was originally cast as Veronika but was replaced by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
    • Quotes

      Veronika: [first lines]

      Veronika: Well, let's see. After you decide that I'm depressed, or whatever, you'll put me on meds, right? Well I know hundreds of people on them and they're all doing just fine. Really. I'll go back to work on my new anti-depressants, have dinner with my parents and persuade them I'm back to being the normal one who never gives them any trouble. And one day some guy will ask me to marry him. He'll be nice enough. That'll make my parents very happy. The first year we'll make love all the time, and in the second and third less and less. But just as we're getting sick of each other, I'll get pregnant. Taking care of kids, holding onto jobs, paying mortgages, It'll keep us on an even keel for a while. Then about ten years into it he'll have an affair because I'm too busy and I'm too tired. And I'll find out. I'll threaten to kill him, his mistress... myself. We'll get past it. A few years later he'll have another one. This time I'm just going to pretend that I don't know because somehow kicking up a fuss just doesn't seem worth the trouble this time. And I'll live out the rest of my days sometimes wishing my kids could have the life that I never had. Other times secretly pleased they're turning into repeats of me. I'm fine. Really.

    • Connections
      Version of Veronika wa shinu koto ni shita (2005)
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      Clowns
      Written by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory (as William Gregory)

      Performed by Goldfrapp

    User reviews52

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    6/10

    it is Okay movie

    Everyone has different perception and here is mine. I wouldn't say that this movie was very bad or boring. It was not believable in my opinion. If you decide to commit suicide in your own home, you make sure the doors are locked and nobody is going to visit you in the next few days. In this film she did not even pass out before someone was already banging on her door and how did they come in? Let alone how did they find out? From the email she sent in response to an advertisement? From that on things were becoming even less realistic. A nut house that looks like a retreat for super rich. Not sure why her parents were even brought into the story. The sudden transformation from hating life to loving it was unsubstantiated. A guy? A silent guy who was sitting on a tree suddenly made her realize that life is worth living? Quite a stretch after she was cynical about guys and marriage and family life in general. The performances were okay. I did not watch any of her other movies prior to this one simply because they are not the movies I watch.The final scenes, after the escape, were dull, pretentious and unrealistic. This film just confirmed that I stick to foreign movies, which almost never disappoint me. Force Majeure is the latest one I enjoyed.
    • smithellie1966
    • Apr 10, 2015
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    • Release date
      • January 20, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Germany)
      • Official site (South Korea)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Вероніка вирішує померти
    • Filming locations
      • Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Das Films
      • Future Films
      • Muse Productions
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    • Budget
      • $9,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,709,178
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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