State of grace

Rating: 9/10 (27 April 2007)

This is a great dramatic movie.well made picture about psycho girls stuck on a hospital,the one like One Flew Over the Chuckoo's Nest,although in this hospital situation seems more reasonable.Winona Ryder is Susanna Kaysen,who enters as a newcomer in the place because of she seems to be lots of mentally sick. after she enters the place she meets a lot of girls such as Daisy Randone(Brittany Murphy),Georgina Tuskin(Clea DuVall),and Lisa Rowe(Angelina Jolie).she starts her treatment by taking pills and drugs and to make a story about the patients.she faces the rebel mentally disturbed Lisa. Lisa is a hard psycho,uneducated kid.which after running several times,she have been arrested again.she is fully crazy and she does not take her pills.and for Susanna this new stage of life goes like hell.The chief
is a very kind woman and she tries to help Susanna.(Valerie Owens with outstanding performance of Whoopi Goldberg).after she ran out a few times she meets Dr Sonia Wick(Vanessa Redgrave) who is a experienced Council.and she tries to analyze her.though Susanna had an Ex-boyfriend Toby Jacobs(Jared Leto) which Susanna left him and now Toby returners to meet.meanwhile Susanna meets John,who works at the hospital and falls in love with John...
There is a state of Grace,the last place of every human kind.and great little picture which tries to make us think about our lives. every one of us could be Susanna,or Lisa Or Daisy or... whatever it is,the whole performances are great,specially Angelina who gives a thrilling though heartbreaking performance.(although she is not my favorite)Winona Ryder is shining above all the sequences.her BEING THERE is enough for the picture. Also about Whoopi Goldberg,Vanessa Redgrave,Brittany Murphy,Jared Leto,Clea DuVall &... This is well made picture by James Mangold.who is a good talented director. he controls the list of great actresses all around. 9 out of 10.GREAT PICTURE.