Girl Interrupted is a powerful true story, I highly recommend!

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2000)

Set in the turbulent world of the late 60's, this is the searing true story of a young woman who finds herself prescribed a 혩short rest혩 at a renowned mental institution. Rebelling against the head nurse, the physchiatrist, Susan Kaysen chooses to befriend the resident 혩loonies', a group of troubled women. But after almost year of both flirting and struggling with the thin line between normal and crazy, Susanna realizes that to win freedom she must faces the one thing that terrifies her the most - herself.
What an unbelievable movie. It shows the audience how crazy the world can get for some people. The lead role by Winona Ryder, was probably the most powerful of her career, as she reenacts the life of Susanna Kaysen. We go on an emotional rollercoaster ride with Susanna from start to finish of the movie. The opening scene of the movie shows Sue with a therapist and he explains that she has a problem. `Four days ago you chased a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of Vodka' and then Sue denies it by saying `I had a headache'. She is then recommended to Claymoores, a mental institution for people with all sorts of problems. Here is where the movie does get entruging. We meet different patients, who Susanna befriends including, Georgina the uncontrollable Liar, Burn victim Polly and the loudest character in the house, Lisa, played by Angelina Jolie. No wonder this role won her an academy award, it was truly brilliant. Lisa rebelled, with a nasty, evil and selfish way about her. While Susanna was the exact opposite of Lisa, even though Lisa somehow fascinated her at the sametime. All in all we live through what it is like to live with 혩Crazy people' and how they handle various situations in life. The results can sometimes be happy and others can have lasting affects which hurt and scar you. Other characters to look out for include Whoopi Goldberg as the head nurse and chief psychiatrist played by Vanessa Redgrave.
Rating: 5/5 Stars or 10/10