James Mangold
Girl, Interrupted
7.3 
5.1Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s.
- Director: James Mangold
- Main Cast: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Brittany Murphy, Clea DuVall
- Soundtrack: Mychael Danna
- Cinematography: Jack N. Green
- Screenplay: James Mangold, Anna Hamilton Phelan, Lisa Loomer
Production year: 1999
Cinema Premiere: March 24, 2000
Foreign Reviews
4 foreign reviews of Girl, Interrupted (1999)
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Positive, no rating
Translated from swedish: The film shows how it really is, and that behind all the diagnoses and labels there are real people. Most with a very tragic background, or else they are just young and confused, but their surroundings see them as "crazy".
- Josefine S. AnderssonSwedish: spelochfilm.se »
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Neutral, unrated
Translated from swedish: The film's strength is a solid, if sometimes overly theatrical, psychological drama with a series of excellent young actors. But what ultimately undermines the story is the ambivalence – which, in itself, mirrors the clinical definition of borderline – surrounding the illness and its cure.
- Michael TapperSwedish: Michael Tapper »
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Negative, no rating
Translated from swedish: Not an entirely successful film.
- Åsa CasselSwedish: arbetet.se »
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Box Office
Girl, Interrupted has earned a total of 48 350 205 dollars from cinemas across the world (the global box office).
1. Kult Magasin
Translated from swedish: The story explores themes of mental illness and how far one can step outside society's norms and boundaries before being considered "crazy." With a controversial portrayal of mental illness, the film may not appeal to everyone, but it represents a milestone in the effort to normalize mental disorders and the conversations surrounding them.
- Paul Dakwar
Swedish: kultmagasin.se »