A powerful psychological drama...

Rating: 10/10 (12 August 2000)

I was very impressed with this film. Not only was it a powerful story about recovery from mental illness, it avoided all of the cliche's we normally expect in these films (no bit electric shock scene, no rape, no persistent drugged state, thank you, thank you, thank you...).
The only negative of this film is that the hair and clothing do a poor job of evoking the time period. Only the music and occasional news references remind you of that during the bulk of the film. It was just a miss.