Girl, InterruptedGirl, Interrupted
starring: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss directed by: James Mangold List Price: $14.94 Amazon.com's Price: $9.99 You Save: $4.95 (33%)Prices subject to change. See similar products Read customer reviews Related Items:
Collectible Price: $14.99 Third Party New Price: $5.50 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony DVD Layers: 2 DVD Sides: 1 EAN: 9780767847421 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767847423 Item Dimensions: Label: Sony Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures MPN: COLD04746D Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 06, 2000 Running Time: 127 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Editorial Review: Product Description: After a botched suicide attempt susanna kaysen checks herself into a renowned psychiatric hospital where she meets a group of troubled young women including the charming sociopath lisa and soon realizes shell have to fight for her sanity and her freedom. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Winona Ryder Whoopi Goldberg Run time: 127 minutes Rating: R Director: James Mangold Amazon.com: Based on Susanna Kaysen's acclaimed journal-memoir, Girl, Interrupted bears inevitable resemblance to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and pale comparison to that earlier classic is impossible to avoid. The mental institution settings of both films guarantee a certain degree of déjà vu and at least one Oscar winner (in this case, Angelina Jolie), since playing a loony is any actor's dream gig. Unfortunately, director James Mangold seems to have misplaced the depth and delicacy of his underrated debut, Heavy, despite a great deal of earnest effort by everyone involved. It's easy to see why Winona Ryder chose to star in (and executive-produce) this nearly worthy adaptation of Kaysen's book, since it's a strong vehicle for female casting and potent drama. Mangold certainly got the former; whether he succeeded with the latter is not so clear. To be sure, Ryder conveys the confusion and chaos that signified Kaysen's life during nearly 18 months of voluntary institutionalization beginning in 1967. But the film seems too eager to embrace the cliché that the "crazies" of the Claymoore women's ward are saner than the war-torn world outside, and lack of narrative focus gives way to semipredictable character study. Susanna (Ryder) is labeled with "borderline personality disorder," a diagnosis as ambiguous as her own emotions, and while Jolie chews the scenery as the resident bad-girl sociopath, Ryder effectively conveys an odyssey from vulnerable fear to self-awareness and, finally, to healing. The ensemble cast is uniformly superb, making this drama well worthwhile, even as it treads familiar territory. If it ultimately lacks dramatic impact, Girl, Interrupted makes it painfully clear that the boundaries of dysfunction are hazy in a world where everyone's crazy once in a while. --Jeff Shannon Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating: - Character - Thumbs up. Plot - Thumbs down.Incredible acting by Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. This movie is worth watching to see fine acting on display. Great characters and behavior development, however this film lacks direction and a good, solid believable plot, but the performances ... Read More Rating:  - 2.5 stars out of 4The Bottom Line: A coming-out party for Angelina Jolie and little more, Girl Interrupted features some bad suplots (e.g. Brittany Murphy's character) and an uninspired conclusion; Jolie may be good, but the movie is not. Rating:  - GREATThis movie is one of those that leaves you thinking about it for days, after the first viewing. All-star performances all around, and has some witty and memorable diologue. This movie is truly a must-see! Rating: - Great to revisit, over and overWhile the fantastic performance of Ms. Jolie won an Oscar, deservedly, and jumpstarted her sensational career, the performance of Winona Ryder has somehow, and unjustly, been neglected- She is astonishingly good, sensitive, nuanced, and very brilliant ... Read More Rating: - beautiful team!Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder make a beautiful team in this psycho movie! They act amazingly in this and so convincing! You feel the pain and the torture they are going through to understand their lives! Enjoy this movie with an open heart! see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Related Items:
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