Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
Unknown - wrote on 09/20/2015
For being a drama about the examination of what people perceive as mental illness, I actually found this movie enjoyable. It's neither completely dour, or upbeat. It encompasses all the voluntary emotional investments of film. The wide range of personalities on display have a diverse effect and we get an awesome lineup of young actresses to portray them. A nice blend of melancholy and humor.
Rating of
4/4
Lauren - wrote on 05/16/2013
Angelina Jolie was amazing. I didn't know she could act as well as she did in this movie. I liked this movie very much. We watched it in Psychology class just after learning the Rosenhan's experiment. Very interesting ending. I thought it was humorous but not too funny. I would recommend it if you like action, suspense, anguish and confusion.
Rating of
2/4
donkeyknight - wrote on 05/03/2011
Both here and in Walk the Line, Mangold directs some impressive performances, but manages to take real people's formidable stories, and make them feel like characters in a Hollywood movie script.
Rating of
3/4
mitchellyoung - wrote on 03/22/2011
The plot to this film, which holds similarities to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, is a little sprawling at times and much better when it focuses on the smaller character moments. Angelina Jolie gives what is still probably her best performance ever as a defiant patient, a la Jack Nicholson.
Rating of
3/4
sapien - wrote on 02/03/2009
Although this movie doesn't really portray a psychiatric hospital accurately, it's still a damn good movie.
Rating of
4/4
Tia Maria - wrote on 06/25/2008
This movie is about Susanna (Ryder) who is put in a mental institution. It is about how she becomes friends with the other patients, including the popular, and over-confident Lisa (Jolie). It is based on a true story. This is a great movie, with great performances by Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. It is just captivating to watch, and at the end, I felt like it was their lives that had ended, rather than just the movie, as I became so attached to the characters. Definetly watch it - it is a captivating movie.
Rating of
2.5/4
serioussir - wrote on 05/20/2008
Very disturbing story but Jolie's portrayal of the anti-social Lisa Rowe is powerful. Murphy also delivers a solid performance. Ryder is weak, as always, and fails to create a character with any depth.
Rating of
3/4
sodapop - wrote on 04/08/2008
Surprisingly solid, albeit with a few considerable changes made from the non-fiction source work.
