Excellent performance from Angelina Jolie

Rating: Null/10 (7 March 2000)

I rushed to watch Girl, Interrupted because of one of my all-time favourite actress, Angelina Jolie, and I wasn't disappointed- she delivered a heart-wrenching performance as Lisa, the charming sociopath whom you would love to hate, yet become irresistibly drawn to. Angelina easily steals the show from Ryder with her portrayal of Lisa, the character who has the heart-strings of nearly all the other characters in the movie twisted around her little finger, and she is at times, insensitive and ruthless with the power in her words.
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However, I was disappointed at how the film's plot seemed to go downhill after the first hour. Ryder's character seemed drawn towards the clinche ending as Susanna discovers that she does indeed have a problem and seeks to 'embrace' it and leave the hospital- her parting shot was rather tacky to me and it screwed up the earlier, not-so-bad performance in the movie.
the plot seemed to be incoherent- many points were made clear in the end, what was Susanna's problem? And Lisa's? Why were they giving her electric shocks?
For me, yet another highly anticipated point of the movie was when Lisa mistook Susanna for her former friend, Jamie, as they were making their get-away. A perfect setup for Jolie's character to seem to have really 'lost it' but it seemed to be taken as a passing remark and forgotten as the rest of the movie progressed and Lisa recovered from that remark as though it had never happened and goes to ruthless push Daisy's 'buttons'.
Over all, a movie that deserves to be watched- esp for angelina's EXCELLENT performance!