Better, and smarter, than they say

Rating: 7/10 (1 December 2013)

I think you should know, that actually these types of things happen a lot; corruption in state or federal funded facilities, coping strategies/defense mechanisms. But one thing that is very rare, is a young person (the antagonist) having as much power and influence as the dude in this movie had. That is unheard of. I am sure the writer of the movie has just never been in the system before, or just knew he had to make the character young for the movie to work.
As u know, the girl has fantasies as a coping strategy as she decides to escape the looney bin. The story alternates between the fantasy viewpoint of her escape, and the real life version of the escape.
The movie is just strange. I get it, but I think the fantasy view was just too far fetched and irrelevant. The fantasy also left some questions unanswered. I think the general idea of the movie had potential, but it got lost somewhere in production.
This movie is better than people say. I think most people also aren't aware of how common psychosis and defense mechanisms are. That also played into why so many people didn't like it.
Give it a chance, it was worth watching, but there is merit to the criticism you have heard.