Sanity is a tenuous state

Rating: 6/10 (10 July 2000)

Angelina Jolie does a tremendous job portraying an agressively mentally ill patient. Her performance reminded me a lot of Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cucukoo's Nest. Wynona Rider is fragile enough to fall under the stronger girls domination, but when she learns to stand up to her the whole course of the movie changes. Not since the classic Snake Pit have a seen a movie that showed what its like to be inside a mental institution.
Great movie- a little hard to watch when Jolie's character is browbeating the weaker girls.