This is one of the most moving films I've seen.

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2000)

If you haven't seen 'Girl, Interrupted,' you really don't know what you're missing. I haven't read the book (yet), but I can't imagine even the highest intellectuals being disappointed in this film. Wynona Ryder is marvelous, but the true star of the film is Angelina Jolie.
Jolie is one of the best actresses I've ever had the pleasure to watch onscreen. She doesn't play roles; she becomes her character. In 'Girl,' her performance is chillingly delightful. You sit in the theater feeling compassion for this socio-path while at the same time fearing what she'll do next. Looking into her eyes is madness.
This is the first movie I've seen featuring Ryder that I enjoyed as much as her first really good, thought-provoking film 'Heathers.' Wynona Ryder fully matures in this role as a young girl suffering from a borderline personality disorder. She, along with Jolie, will go so many further places with the astonishment of such A+ performances.
The film reminds me a lot of Sylvia Plath's autobiographical novel examining her own mental breakdown. Both are equally compelling and moving in answering examining the questions: what exactly constitutes insanity? how different does one deemed so operate from the "normal" individual?
'Girl, Interrupted' will leave you breathless and begging for more.