Pointless mess

Rating: 3/10 (27 May 2001)

The movie seemed pointless. Was the story about how sane people get railroaded into a mental institution? Was it about the incompetency of mental hospital staffs? Was the point that anyone who enters a mental institution should cooperate from the beginning even though they are sane?
The plot became obvious leaving only a few questions as to how it gets from point to point. Everyone knows how it will end and it ends that way.
The acting was atrocious. Angelina Jolie plays a sick bitch but that is easy for her to do because that is what she is in real life. Doesn't require any skill. Winona Ryder as the heroine is unconvincing in her role. While she should generate sympathy, she never does. She is a tramp and sometimes you believe that what she gets is what she deserves.
I am glad I got to see this one free because I would have felt real bad if I had wasted money on this boring flick. And it did get so boring at times that I walked away from it.