Think of me when you shave your legs

Rating: 9/10 (18 June 2000)

Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie in one movie?? Cool I thought, but then, maybe the movie would only be eye-candy. WRONG! Seriously wrong.
What enfolds on screen is a journey into a young woman's troubled mind and world, her struggle to first define normality and then to get back to that definition.
Obviously (as you learn in the credits) a film based on a book by Susanna Kaysen (played by Ryder in the movie), which really makes you remember the time when you were an adolescent, the torn feelings, the anger, the frustration, etc.
Of course, Jolie has won the Oscar for her rendition of Lisa, the drop-out sociopath, but small glitters of acting brilliance shimmer all over the movie, down to the smallest parts. Winona, besides being beautiful as ever, gives credibility to the (existing) Susanna.
A fine movie, I enjoyed it thoroughly.
There was just one annoying scene (but maybe that's just me). Her boyfriend asks Susanna whether she wanted to escape to Canada with him...I couldn't concentrate on the dialogue...my mind screamed "FAKE BEARD! FAKE BEARD! all over the place....) Go see it, you'll get my hint :-)
I give it 9/10