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Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 American biographical psychological drama film written and directed by James Mangold, from a screenplay by Mangold, Lisa Loomer, and Anna Hamilton Phelan, and based on the 1993 memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen.
A directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There, she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life. In 1967, Susanna Kaysen had a headache and chased a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka. This landed her in the mental institution, Claymoore.
Susanna Kaysen's memoir of her two-year stay at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric facility in 1967. She describes the patients, staff, and events she experienced, and explores the nature of mental illness and treatment.
Jan 14, 2000 · Girl, Interrupted: Directed by James Mangold. With Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy. A directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt.
Plot. In April 1967, 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen is admitted to McLean Hospital, in Belmont, Massachusetts, after attempting suicide by overdosing on pills. She denies that it was a suicide attempt to a psychiatrist, who suggests she take time to regroup in McLean, a private mental hospital.
Jan 14, 2000 · A supervising nurse played by Whoopi Goldberg offers her own diagnosis: "You are a lazy, self-indulgent little girl who is driving yourself crazy." Winona Ryder plays Susanna Kaysen, whose real-life memoir tells of how she lost two years of her life by stumbling onto the psychiatric conveyor belt.
Angelina Jolie gives an intense performance, but overall Girl, Interrupted suffers from thin, predictable plotting that fails to capture the power of its source material. Page 1 of 7, 7 total ...
