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Girl, Interrupted

1999R2h 7m7.6 / 10

Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

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Synopsis

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

More about Girl, Interrupted

Cast

Winona RyderSusanna
Angelina JolieLisa
Clea DuVallGeorgina
Brittany MurphyDaisy
Elisabeth MossPolly
Jared LetoTobias Jacobs
Jeffrey TamborDr. Potts
Vanessa RedgraveDr. Wick

Credits

Directed by
James Mangold
Written by
James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, Anna Hamilton Phelan, Susanna Kaysen

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Budget
$40M
Box office
$48.4M

Production

  • Red Wagon EntertainmentUnited States
  • Columbia PicturesUnited States

Themes

1960sbased on memoir or autobiographybased on novel or bookbased on true storyborderline personality disordercompassionateescapefemale friendship