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Summary: A Part of ALL SHE MET...
Review: Hey Everyone:I just saw an incredible movie! I haven't been "challenged" or felt totally connected/upset/moved/confused/thrilled/-excited/involved or felt connected to REAL Life as with THIS movie/book in many many years... One particular moment gleaned from this presentation that our lives are almost too full like a "series of connected and disconnected continuous swirling complimentary plus conflicting events where we and others play major, minor, and insignificant rolls usually in very fleeting and very temporary ways... and yet, some of these certain people touch us and change us FOREVER! These incredibly important people in OUR lives leave us totally different but pass through never to be heard of again... and OUR super super important TIME with them may not even register on their consciousness..." Isn't that why a lot of us are trying to reconnect with events in our past? Are we trying to rediscover these people, events, or are we searching for the feelings that their changes they made in us? WOW! Winona and Angelina and the loving MESH this cast created is very very compelling!
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Summary: Like the Movie but the Book is Better
Review: I saw this movie before i read the book and I liked it so much that after I saw the movie I had to read the book. But in this film I would have to say that Winona Ryder plays a great Susanna Kaysen I would like to think that this is her best work yet for she really gets into her character so well that it seems that she is Susanna. But the fact is is that this film isnt exactly like the book but thats usually the case. And also just say that if you dont want to watch a bunch of people acting crazy then dont see this movie because well its based on a girl who is in a mental institution. I mean thats what the movie is about. So basically this movie I think was one of the best movies that came out of this year and if you like the movie then read the book or vice versa.
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Summary: What Happened To Winona Ryder's Nomination!
Review: Ugh! The Academy can sometimes dissapoint when they ignore beautiful preformances like Winona's. Anyway, Girl, Interrupted was really good. And yes it is a "One Flew Over The Kuckoo's Nest" for teens but it is so much different when girls are involved. All the critics seem to hate it and I don't know why. It was interesting, entertaining, obviously ocasr worthy but whatever. Another thing about Girl, Interrupted is that it's not a "chick-flick"! Give it a chance. That's all it needs.
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Summary: Brittany, Underrated
Review: I really really enjoyed this film. Unbeknowst to me, the director (Mangold) was the same person who directed Copland, which is totally different in genre and style. I especially liked how Mangold used different sequences in Susanna's (Winona Ryder) life to correlate with one another. To adhere to his commentary in the DVD, Mangold is inspired by the film Slaughterhouse Five, which also parallels the dream-like images of the main character's life. Unfortuneately the deleted scenes were beautifully done, especially the scene where Susanna goes to the market and has flashbacks of when she overdosed. I read a review that slandered this film, and most of the "major" critics have, with the exception of praise that Angelina Jolie has garnered. One critic deemed it as "a bunch of attractive women who sit around smoking and whining about their lives." If that's the case, then it definitely worked for me. But...I really love Brittany Murphy ever since i saw her in Clueless. She is the most talented underrated young actress, amidst all those WB anorexics. Her character was to me, the most "entertaining," the most compelling, and the one i most cared about. Having incest with her father, i think caused her to vomit the chicken, which was a representation of her father and the business he owned. She loved and devoured him, but also acted out subconsiously by washing herself of him. I wish Mangold commented more on her character. The scene in the ice-cream parlor was the best...classic. A great film! Thumbs up...So there you have it...Ciao...
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Summary: Funny and Touching...!
Review: Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder star in this amazing drama. Ryder plays Susanna Kaysen, an 18-year-old who is depressed. She tries to kill herself, and is then put into a mental hospital. There, she meets wild Lisa (Angelina Jolie) and makes friends with the... locals. It has it's funny points, but is really more of a touching drama. Really, its a beautiful movie.
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Summary: An unforgettable movie!
Review: I didn't want to see this movie, but my older sister had read the book and our dad had finally rented for her, and all of us sat down and watched it. It ended up being one of the best movies I have seen, and I am only 12. It is different from the book, which I am now reading, but the real Susanna Kaysen (author of the book) was involved, so it's not too far-fetched from what really happened. The movie stars Winona Ryder (Susanna Kaysen) Angelina Jolie (Lisa) who won an Oscar for this movie, Clea DuVall (Georgina), Brittany Murphy (Daisy), and Elisabeth Moss (Polly). They all portray their characters relistically and well. The second Angelina Jolie made her first appearence in the movie, I knew she deserved the Oscar she got for Best Actress in a Supporting role. It's an amazing movie for everyone, especially for teenagers who may be troubled. It's really a well-done, amazing, realistic movie.
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Summary: Interesting in a way...
Review: It seems to me that this movie lacked any significant plot. It was more like one of those movies that are just telling an anecdote about a portion of the main character's life. There's no real ultimate goal being strived for. We're just watching the characters as they go throughout their lives in this...it's not really an asylum, but I can't think of a better word. Winona Ryder gave a good performance as the lead character. Probably the best acting job I've seen her do. Angelina Jolie stole the show, though, with her portrayal of the psychotic and, at times, heartless Lisa. Her Academy Award nomination was well deserved. Whoopi Goldberg also does a very good job in her minor supporting role. The acting in this film was good, but the lack of plot kind of dragged the film down, IMHO. It was an entertaining movie to watch, but I don't think I'd want to own it.
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Summary: Absolutely a waste of time
Review: I was forced to watch this movie and take my word for it.....it was horrible. Maybe some people are interested in a girls relationship with a bunch of nutbags, if so this is a movie for you. If there was an award for worst picture I would vote this one in.
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Summary: There may be a good movie on the cutting room floor
Review: I found "Girl, Interrupted" to be shallow and cliche, so much so that it borders on offensive. A "feel-good" movie about life in a mental hospital, "Girl, Interrupted" trivializes the real-life experience of these characters and other people suffering from mental illness. It is not clear whether Winona Ryder's character is ill -- does she suffer from a borderline personality disorder, or is she merely a confused adolescent going through a particularly bad case of "growing pains" on the border to womanhood. And Angelina Jolie plays a sociopath that, notwithstanding her behavior in two scenes, is charming and lovable. While such is the effect that the sociopathic disorder enables its sufferers to have on others, in the end they should not be beloved. Nor is the disorder such that a redemptive breakthrough can come from one episode of "tough love." Whether Angelina Jolie deserved the Oscar for her performance in this role has been the subject of many reviewers' discussions. While I think the answer is ultimately "No" -- Chloe Sevigny should have won for her brilliantly nuanced performance in "Boys Don't Cry" -- it is not difficult to see why she did win. The woman has that ineffable charisma that draws all attention to her whenever she is on the screen. Very few currently working performers have that quality -- Julia Roberts, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon and Leonardo DiCaprio are the only other names that come quickly to mind. But that quality is not necessarily acting; of the other actors mentioned above, only Ms. Pfeiffer and Ms. Sarandon give consistently good performances. In addition, Ms. Jolie appears to play a character in "Girl, Interrupted" who shares many characteristics with the Angelina Jolie described in current tv entertainment magazine shows and tabloid reports. Only time will tell whether she can really act or whether she is merely a mesmerizing bad girl. Notwithstanding my distgaste for the movie, I believe that director James Mangold may actually have made a good movie and ruined it with some bad editing decisions. The deleted scenes included on the DVD provide much needed information that never otherwise gets conveyed through the movie that remains. In particular, the scenes provide the missing third dimension to Winona Ryder's character that could have made the audience empathize with her. But without that essential component, the movie ultimately fails.
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Summary: mesmorizing
Review: The DVD is well worth buying, the extra scenes are fascinating, and the director's commentary really gives some new insight into the film. Lots of extras, and the movie itself is phenomenal!
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