51
Metascore
32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanShrewd, tough, and lively -- a junior-league "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
- 75Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThe performances in Girl, Interrupted resonate, but the movie does not.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranTop performances keep true-life mental ward tale Girl, Interrupted soaring, despite a script that frequently drifts into genre clichés.
- 63Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrThere's too much control in it and not enough danger.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe story, having failed to provide itself with character conflicts that can be resolved with drama, turns to melodrama instead.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThere's very little plot, and director Mangold's attempts to make a connection between the social confusion of the '60s and Susanna's inner turmoil don't really work.
- 60VarietyEmanuel LevyVarietyEmanuel LevyA solid central performance by Winona Ryder and a captivating wild turn by Angelina Jolie in the yarn's flashiest role.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackA sappy, muddled production that misses the jarring tone of the autobiographical book by Susanna Kaysen on which it is based.
- 40Dallas ObserverJean OppenheimerDallas ObserverJean OppenheimerDoesn't come close to matching the emotional depth and power of Frank Perry's 1962 "David and Lisa," the most involving and affecting film I've ever seen about teenagers and mental illness.
- 30Film.comGemma FilesFilm.comGemma FilesEnds up suffering from the classic diseases of book-to-film adaptation: triteness, overreliance of narration, and a general "need" to impose classic dramatic structure on what is not a particularly dramatic narrative.