A great drama movie about the true story of a problematic girl.

Rating: 9/10 (9 May 2005)

**** out of ****
"Girl, Interrupted" is the true story of a girl from the 1960's called Susanna Kaysen, who in the movie is played by Winona Ryder. She tries to kill herself by taking a full bottle of aspirin with a full bottle of vodka. That's my only regret for the movie, nothing more. Susanna goes to a mental institution, Claymoore, only for doing that, and although that's not, by any means, an "only", later in the movie, we discover that Susanna has nothing particularly wrong with herself, at least, she doesn't show that a lot. The only thing that she actually needs to do is to understand her problem, which in the movie is called "Borderline Disorder Personality". So, she meets the rest of the people from the mental institution, including Angelina Jolie, who plays Lisa Rowe.
Jolie is terrific. Couldn't have been better. She really deserved an Oscar for best actress in a supporting role and she also contributes a lot to one of the greatest qualities of the movie: the performances. There are also other girls with mental problems, including a girl who lies, another one who, by the age of 10, burned herself in the face and many others. All of them in the women ward, where also later we meet Vanessa Redgrave and Whoopi Goldberg. The soundtrack is also great too, as it sometimes feels sad, sometimes happy and sometimes even childish, but at the same time, alternatively interesting, adding a lot to the atmosphere of the movie. And finally, Kurtwood Smith makes a quick, but nice appearance at the beginning of the movie, as Dr. Crumble. The rest of the cast includes: Clea Duvall, Angella Bettis, Elizabeth Moss and even Brittany Murphy, who plays one of the most problematic girls of the story.
"Girl, Interrupted" is a great drama movie and by this time, I've already watched it twice and not only I'm interested in watching it again, I want to watch the other Winona Ryder movies because I think her career is simply one of the best.