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Name: Girl, Interrupted
Director: James Mangold
Genre: drama
Released: 1999
Duration: 2 h 7 min
Rating: 7.3

Girl, Interrupted has an iRankMovies score of 63.6/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.

Release:1999

Runtime:2h 7m

Country:United States

Director:James Mangold

Language:English

Genre

Drama

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Keywords

Based On Novel Or BookEscapeSuicide AttemptIdentityInsanityFemale FriendshipBased On True StoryBorderline Personality Disorder

iRank64

Girl, Interrupted rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 227K votes

Rotten Tomatoes53%

Metacritic51%

TMDb7.564/10· 4K votes

With 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 51/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Girl, Interrupted

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

Cast of Girl, Interrupted

Winona Ryder
as Susanna
Angelina Jolie
as Lisa
Clea DuVall
as Georgina
Brittany Murphy
as Daisy
Elisabeth Moss
as Polly
Jared Leto
as Tobias Jacobs
Jeffrey Tambor
as Dr. Potts
Vanessa Redgrave
as Dr. Wick
Whoopi Goldberg
as Valerie
Angela Bettis
as Janet
Jillian Armenante
as Cynthia
Drucie McDaniel
as M-G

Girl, Interrupted facts

Budget: $40M
Box office: $48.4M

Our take on Girl, Interrupted

James Mangold's 1999 drama, set against the shifting late 1960s, adapts Susanna Kaysen's account of a prescribed 'short rest' that becomes a strange, disorienting journey into a psychiatric ward she compares to Alice's Wonderland. Committed after a single meeting with a psychiatrist, Susanna discovers how hard it is to leave once you're inside, and must ultimately choose between the sheltered world of those who belong there and the harder reality outside. This is a character-driven film for viewers interested in mental illness, institutional life and the blurred line between normal and 'crazy'. Expect introspection and emotional weight rather than plot momentum; those attuned to quiet, unsettling drama will connect most.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•1960s mental health drama provides compassionate character study and introspection
•Memoir adaptation captures authentic institutional experience with emotional depth
•True story foundation adds weight to borderline personality disorder exploration

What the audience disliked

•Institutional setting occasionally feels claustrophobic and emotionally exhausting overall
•Narrative pacing drags during lengthy character internalization and reflection sequences