Girl, Interrupted

Rating: Null/10 (8 December 2008)

"Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60's. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted".
Once upon a time, in a little American town, there lived a young girl named Susanna Kaysen... At the age of 18, Susanna's life wasn't quite what the life of a "normal" eighteen-year-old was supposed to be like. She wasn't a least bit interested about the conventional social behavior, fell asleep at the graduation, went to bed with her mother's friend's husband, liked to write and didn't show any particular interest for college.
One night, due to an excruciating headache, Susanna swallowed a bottle of aspirin and a bottle of vodka to get it down. Bewildered by their daughter's gesture and eager to fulfill their duty as parents, the Kaysens delegated a psychiatrist, friend of the family, to submit her to a local mental institution.
Once there, Susanna made new friends: Georgina, a pathological lier, Polly  a young woman with the intellect of a twelve-year-old, who had been badly scarred in a fire, Daisy  a secluded anorexic who had been sexually abused by her father and a rebellious captivating sociopath called Lisa.
During the day, the girls would trick the nurses to avoid swallowing their pills, which they would afterward exchange among them like candy, while during the night they would force the entrance of the private offices, wonder on the corridors and play bowling in the basement of the mental hospital.
Things were getting along fine, just like in the Land of Oz, where people were special, not different, it was strictly up to Dorothy to return to the real world, and all they ever wanted was at reach waiting for them to understand it. The characters were somehow different from the ones in the story, but that made little importance. There was Georgina, a Dorothy wannabe who would invent herself a new story every day, Polly, whose only wish was to be a child forever, Lisa, a professional Cinderella and Toby, Susanna's ex-fling, an untalented prince who failed to convince Susanna to run away with him. There was also Dr. Crumble, a fat scarecrow born without a brain, Dr. Wick, the almighty Wizzard who could send any of them home at the wink of an eye, nurse Valery, the bad witch who would afterward play the role of the Fairy Godmother without anyone knowing how or when the change took place. Susanna only couldn't quite figure out which was the character she played.
At some point, reality interfered with their fantasy and the story of their lives began to unfold. Take a peek, see the movie.