Another "scared to show reality" mental health story

Rating: Null/10 (18 May 2000)

I was so excited for this movie to come out in the theatres because I had read the book. I was expecting this great, "tell it like it is" movie that would help show people what true mental illness was about. Instead, the movie never went in depth to any of the characters until the very end and even then, not very much. The only believable characters were Lisa and the lieing girl (can't remember her name) All the rest were just vague faces and personalities. Winona Ryder could have done a great job, but the lines she had to say made her character shallow. Jolie did a wonderful acting job as Lisa. She made Lisa seem like a real live person. The end when she was screaming (I won't give anything away) truly showed what a great actress Jolie is. Overall this movie set my hopes high and then sent them crashing down. I give this movie a very score of 5 and only that because of Jolie's acting.