Review of Girl, Interrupted (1999) by Tim S — 07 Feb 2017
Based on the memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen. Susanna (Ryder) is depressed and directionless after finishing high school in the late 1960s. After a brief affair with her high school English teacher, a suicide attempt lands her in Claymore, a mental institution, and she is diagnosed as having Borderline Personality Disorder.
She befriends the band of troubled women on her ward (Georgina the pathological liar, the sexually abused Daisy, the burn victim Polly) but falls under the hypnotic sway of Lisa (Jolie), the wildest and most hardened of the bunch.
Will Susanna "drop anchor" at Claymore and perpetually act out like Lisa, or will she finally pull her mind together and leave institutional life behind?
This review of Girl, Interrupted (1999) was written by Tim S on 07 Feb 2017.
Girl, Interrupted has generally received positive reviews.
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