She states that Mangold was the right man for the role as director after she saw his directorial debut Heavy , which explored similar themes to Girl, Interrupted. Template:Citation needed. Mechanicsburg was chosen for its old-fashioned appearance and its old-style drugstore simply titled "Drugs", all of which gave the film its time-dated appearance. A shot seen in the trailer shows the van traveling towards downtown Harrisburg over the State Street Bridge , where the Capitol building is clearly visible.
The film received mixed reviews upon release. However, Angelina Jolie's performance received critical acclaim. Stephen Holden in The New York Times wrote: " Girl, Interrupted is a small, intense period piece with a hardheaded tough-love attitude toward lazy, self-indulgent little girls flirting with madness: You can drive yourself crazy, or you can get over it. The choice is yours. Tom Coates from the BBC wrote: " Girl, Interrupted is a decent adaptation of her memoir of this period, neatened up and polished for an audience more familiar with gloss than grit.
The author, Susanna Kaysen , was among the detractors of the film, accusing Mangold of adding "melodramatic drivel" to the story by inventing plot points that never happened in the book such as Lisa and Susanna running away together. Template:James Mangold. Whoopi Goldberg Valerie as Valerie. Angela Bettis Janet as Janet.
Jillian Armenante Cynthia as Cynthia. Alison Claire Gretta as Gretta. Christina Myers Margie as Margie. Joanna Kerns Annette as Annette. Travis Fine John as John. Josie Gammell Mrs. McWilley as Mrs. James Mangold. More like this.
Watch options. Storyline Edit. In , Susanna Kaysen had a headache and chased a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka. This landed her in the mental institution, Claymoore. Here she is diagnosed, by Dr. Melvin Potts, with borderline personality disorder.
When she arrives at Claymoore, she is greeted by Nurse Valerie Owens and shown round the woman's ward. Here she meets Georgina Tuskin, a pathological liar who is fixated with The Wizard of Oz; Polly Clark, a childlike schizophrenic; Janet Webber, a sardonic anorexic patient; Daisy Randone, a girl who won't let anyone in her room, and only eats her father's chicken; and Lisa Rowe, a sociopath who controls the other patients, and makes lives hard for the nurses at Claymoore.
Through the movie, Lisa gains and loses control over Susanna and we see how bad she really can be. The movie's ending shows Susanna being released from Claymoore after an month stay. How does Susanna take back her control? This movie battles subjects such as mental heath, abuse, self-harm and suicide. Based on a true story. Rated R for strong language and content relating to drugs, sexuality and suicide.
Did you know Edit. Trivia Winona Ryder acquired the rights to the novel herself and then spent seven years trying to get the movie made. Goofs When Susanna is walking through her house during the party, there are extras there. In the background, you can hear, "Look, there's Winona Ryder ". This book does not have a defined plot or a linear narrative - it is just a story of an unhappy young woman trying to find her place in a world that excludes her, and it is an enlightening and interesting read.
I highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in medicine or psychology. Emma Giordano. CW: borderline personality disorder, suicide I am not much of a non-fiction reader, so the format and storytelling methods of memoirs and such are unfamiliar to me, and I typically do not enjoy them as much as fiction novels. I feel as if the book were to be more chronological and follow a linear plot ARC as opposed to unanticipated time jumps, I would have enjoyed it more as that as what I prefer to read.
I also felt the chapters were too short and the novel as a whole. I think I would have felt much more from the stories and characters if I had more time to learn their habits, their desires, and what makes them tick. On the positive side, I loved the subject matter of the story. Borderline Personality Disorder is rarely discussed in media, so I feel the fact that Girl, Interrupted exists and has gained widespread attention is amazing.
Though I struggled with certain elements of the story and it left me a bit disappointed, I would still recommend it to anyone looking for non-fiction books about psychology and specifically Borderline Personality Disorder.
I can always tell I really, truly liked a book, really felt it and enjoyed it, when one of two things occurs: 1 I spontaneously tear up at the ending. I did both of these things as soon as I finished.
This is a really good book. Bottom line: One I will certainly come back to both physically and mentally!!! Author 11 books 6, followers. This story is told not from the perspective of someone who sees creatures lurking in the shadows, or is convinced that she is the girlfriend of a Martian, or is blinded by homicidal rage, but by a young woman fully self-aware of her own shortcomings.
It made me ask myself, which is the worse fate? Descending blindly into madness, or being fully aware of your own dilemma and finding yourself helpless to prevent it? I certainly did. I was strikingly similar to this MC at the age of her institutionalization. What if I had been unlucky enough to be diagnosed by a therapist like hers? He spent all of fifteen minutes with her and came to the conclusion that she needed to be committed.
And more disturbingly…why not ME? I dare you to read this and not ask yourself the same questions. This review can also be found at The Book Eaters. Kelly and the Book Boar. What they really want to know is if they are likely to end up in there as well. She most definitely needed some help. But in the s the form of help provided to young girls like Susanna was a long-term stay in the local looney bin where the Thorazine flowed like water and electric shock therapy was a sure-fire cure for crazy.
Not only is the story fascinating and a bit horrifying , but Ms. It takes getting used to. Ahmad Sharabiani. She denies that it was a suicide attempt to a psychiatrist, who suggests she take time to regroup in McLean, a private mental hospital. Susanna is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, and her stay extends to 18 months rather than the proposed couple of weeks. Fellow patients Polly, Cynthia, Lisa Rowe, Lisa Cody, Georgina and Daisy contribute to Susanna's experiences at McLean as she describes their personal issues and how they come to cope with the time they must spend in the hospital.
At this point, Kaysen considers the twenty-minute consultation that resulted in her hospitalization. Wick, an older psychiatrist, has trouble relating to the youth culture of her patients and becomes uncomfortable during any discussion of sex. The girls uniformly detest Mrs.
McWeeney, the evening nurse, who is decidedly old-fashioned in her dress, speech, and insistence on strict authority. The year is an exciting and frightening year, and Kaysen and the other girls watch its tumultuous events unfold on television.
Torrey, a methamphetamine addict from Mexico, arrives on the ward. The other girls fall into a depression. Kaysen suffers an episode of depersonalization that leads her to attempt to tear open her hand to confirm that she has bones beneath the skin. Kaysen becomes frantic when, upon waking from the general anesthesia, no one will tell her how long she was unconscious. A new patient named Alice Calais enters the ward, but a mental breakdown leads to her transfer to maximum security. The girls visit Alice, whose condition and living arrangements sicken them.
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