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.

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 127 mins

Release Date : 1999-12-21

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Back in the late 1990s, when it was announced that Susanna Kaysen's 1993 memoir _Girl, Interrupted_ would be turned into a movie, many actresses were reportedly fighting to join the cast that included a number of strong female leads. In the end, Winona Ryder was chosen to play Susanna Kaysen, a ...

Sometimes you see them as crazy or mentally ill, but they are the cure that keeps you from going crazy if you love them. The movie touched my feelings when I realized that we were the disease that penetrated their bodies and made these angels crazy

Winona Ryder is on great form here in this rather brutally frank look at a girl struggling with mental health issues. "Susanna" had been rushed to hospital by her worried parents after an apparent attempt at suicide. Diagnosed with a potential personality disorder, she is admitted to the "Claymoore...

Cast

Winona Ryder

(Susanna)

Angelina Jolie

(Lisa)

Clea DuVall

(Georgina)

Brittany Murphy

(Daisy)

Elisabeth Moss

(Polly)

Jared Leto

(Tobias Jacobs)

Jeffrey Tambor

(Dr. Potts)

Vanessa Redgrave

(Dr. Wick)

Whoopi Goldberg

(Valerie)

Angela Bettis

(Janet)

Jillian Armenante

(Cynthia)

Drucie McDaniel

(M-G)

Alison Claire

(Gretta)

Christina Myers

(Margie)

Joanna Kerns

(Annette)

Travis Fine

(John)

Gloria Barnhart

(Older Catatonic)

Josie Gammell

(Mrs. McWilley)

Bruce Altman

(Prof. Gilcrest)

Mary Kay Place

(Mrs. Gilcrest)

Ray Baker

(Mr. Kaysen)

KaDee Strickland

(Bonnie Gilcrest)

Christian Monroe

(Ronny)

Kurtwood Smith

(Dr. Crumble)

David Scott Taylor

(Cabby-Monty Hoover)

Janet Greer

(ER Nurse)

Christopher Grimaldi

(ER Resident)

Ginny Graham

(Arleen)

Richard Domeier

(Art Teacher)

John Kirkman

(Jack)

Sally Bowman

(Maureen)

Misha Collins

(Tony)

John Lumia

(Van Driver)

Marilyn Brett

(Italian Shop Keeper)

Henry Alex Rubin

(Josh)

Marilyn Spanier

(Miss Plimack)

Linda Gilvear

(Miss Paisley)

Allen Strange

(Principal)

Spencer Gates

(British Teacher)

Rebecca Derrick

(Lillian)

Anne Connors

(Nurse)

Steve Altes

(Medic)

Joe Gerety

(Cop)

Anne Lewis

(Dance Therapist)

Donny Martino

(Naked Man)

John Levin

(ER Doctor)

Irene Longshore

(Connie)

Katie Rimmer

(Tiffany)

Jonathan Martin Spirk

(Tough Guy)