Girl, Interrupted.

I've been in a "obsessed with Angelina Jolie" mood lately, which led me to goin on a rampage of buying all her best movies. This including Girl, Interrupted. Although she is a supporting character in this film, she is the best actress fitted for her role. Her costars includes Winona Ryder, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Woopi Goldberg, and Jared Leto. Now the story over all is about Susanna Kaysen's (Winona Ryder's character) 18 month long stay and a mental institution. Throughout this time period, she develops a better understanding of herself and learns to grow. She becomes good friends with her inmates. Especially Lisa (played by Angelina Jolie), who can be characterized as a sociopath without a soul.

The movie itself is a bit of a mind twister. Starting from the beginning, theres always short little flashbacks that go on during Susanna Kaysen's thoughts. But because of the flashbacks, it helps the audience understand a bit more about Susanna's situation. Now how exactly did Susanna even land in an institution? She seemed perfectly fine, just a tad bit more independent than the rest of the girls back in the 60's. Well, unfortunately, chasing a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka counts more towards being crazy instead of average. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to stay at a hospital for a week or two, just to see if I can meet some of the same people Susanna met. There was a main group of girls that she particularly hung out with. This would include Lisa, who was a bit more of the leader of the group. Very intimidating and very demanding of her needs and wants. Then theres Polly, a girl who burned herself at the age 10 just to get rid of a rash. Georgina on the other hand is Susanna's roommate. She is considered a pathological liar, but only lies to the people who keep her in the institution just so she can stay longer. And then theres Daisy. Theres not much to say about Daisy without actually giving anything away, so i'll just leave it at that.

I believe that James Mangold did an amazing job setting up this crew. The direction the movie had was believable and felt very close to heart. The cast for this movie was outstanding and I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see a bit more wilder side of life. Not trying to say that this is actually what a mental institution is like now, but just the overall thought that maybe there is a bit more to life than death.