Relentlessly miserable

Rating: Null/10 (16 November 2019)

This has to be the most depressing film I've ever seen. Not one good thing happens to the protagonist. Misery upon misery upon misery.
So many problems with the plot. First of all - since when did social workers dispense medication? Why does Arthur ask his social worker for an increase in the dose of his medication? When she says she's losing her job, he asks where will he get his medication from. Er.... how about seeing your psychiatrist?
And the writing is so predictable - so obvious that he was having fantasies about the Murray Franklin show. More obvious delusions regarding the neighbour "girlfriend". Very obvious he was going to murder Murray on the chat show. As for the writing - Who the hell walks into a hospital, asks to see some medical notes and is told yes you can see them. Oh no sorry you can't. And since when did medical notes have newspaper cuttings stuck in them?
And why would a single woman with mental health problems be allowed to adopt a child?
So many holes to pick in this ludicrous plot.
So what's the point of this film? To celebrate the misery of mental illness?
And regarding the subject of mental illness, I felt this was an incredibly shallow depiction. Man gets mugged, man loses his job, man turns into killer. No effort whatsoever to try and understand the complex issues of depression.
The film was just dreadful. Shallow. Predictable. Badly written. Annoying.
Can you tell I hated it?