Review of Girl, Interrupted (1999) by Marc R — 12 Nov 2011

I am not surprised that Angelina Jolie won an Academy Award for best supporting actress. I am surprised that Winona Ryder was not even nominated for best actress. She was incredible.

Girl, Interrupted is a great film filled with great performances, especially Brittany Murphy, Winona Ryder, and Whoopi Goldberg. This film almost seems to resemble "It's Kind of a Funny Story" where a misunderstood person checks him/herself into a mental institution but with a female protagonist but it is much more serious than that. As the movie progressed further to the end, it became known to me how serious this drama is.

I could not believe that Winona Ryder was this talented and that she was ever a dramatic actress. After seeing her in Mr. Deeds, I thought that that was her type of acting. But it was just one of those Adam Sandler films where he takes an amazing actress and nearly destroys their reputation by casting him/her in one of his movies.

I love how Ryder's character, Susana, made up the word diagnonsense when asking "what's my diagnonsense" as in a mix between the words diagnosis and nonsense.

This was a remarkable film and I am amazed at Ryder and Jolie's performances.

Girl, Interrupted, I give you a 60%.