Movie Review : Girl Interrupted

On the other hand, there are movies on mental health that inspire people but there are also many misconceptions in some of these movies. In the comedy movie, “Billy Madison”, casts the well known hollywood star, Adam Sandler. Adam Sandler acts as a man but with a 5-year old mentality. He’s a spoiled man that will never grow up and the viewers of the movie are only watching it for entertainment which there is no problem about it. Though Adam Sandler isn’t assigned to play as a man with a mental disorder, he acts like he does in the movie. Yeah people want to watch a movie for entertainment and that’s okay. What isn’t okay is that the directors of the movie doesn’t explain why Adam Sandler is

The study of mental health has always been a challenging topic. As a society, we are quick to judge individuals who don’t conform to social norms, especially when there is not a distinct line between insane and indifferent. The movie, Girl, Interrupted examines the challenges of a young woman who has been diagnosed as having a borderline personality disorder. The lead character, Susanna, has been faced with depression and attempts suicide upon graduating high school. The suicide attempt proves to be unsuccessful and her family seeks out the help of a family psychiatrist to persuade Susanna in seeking help at a mental health facility. At the beginning of the movie we see Suzanna reluctantly agree to self-admit herself to the facility, but protest

You can watch a movie that depicts a character that has a mental illness and answer these questions: (SEE RUBRIC IN CONTENT)

The Uninvited is the typical horror-thriller style movie. It has a good set of characters, an intriguing plot and an absolutely crazy ending. It makes for a very entertaining movie for the lay person to enjoy, but what if someone looks deeper into the movie? This movie is full of twists, turns, and psychological disorders. The main character in the movie, Anna, witnessed her mother dying. From this tragic event, she developed multiple psychological disorders. The main three that this paper will be elaborating on are Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Dissociative Identity Disorder. All three of these are very serious, but all in there own way.

People with a mental illness can be among the most disadvantaged in society, and many confront barriers as a direct result of their illness. Cognitive and communication impairments may pose challenges, while stigma and discriminatory attitudes can be worse than the illness itself and I can relate that to a movie called “side effects” that I’ve watched before. In New York, Martin Taylor is released after four years in prison and his mother and his wife Emily Taylor welcomed him. Unexpectedly, Emily is depressed and tries to commit suicide, hitting her car against the wall in the garage. Emily goes to the hospital and the psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Banks treats her and she decides

The last movie I watched that featured abnormal behavior was Perks of Being a Wallflower. The main character has issues with depression and was abused as a child. I feel like such movies are so popular because everyone has either had experience themselves or know someone who has had experience with mental illness. It seems to be a very taboo subject, yet it’s very common.

I looked into the movie Mean Girls (2004) and I analyzed Regina George. I picked this movie because I, like many other girls, am obsessed over it. I also picked this character because she had a very dominant role in movie. She is also the typically portrayed “queen bee” and I thought it would be interesting to see if anyone portrayed as to having a perfect life would suffer from any mental illness.

Until you examine the mental illness stigmas, it is easy to view the films as they come. Before reading through the module 5 c examples, I never realized the dark views many films place on Mental Illnesses. As someone who values positive mental health, it embarrasses me to think of how I could be manipulated by media when viewing these films. I enjoyed the thrill associated with the disturbing feelings associated with horror movies. It is easy to

The movie that I will be analyzing for this assignment is titled Call Me Crazy: A Five Film. The movie follows five individuals’ lives and focuses on how long lasting relationships are constructed based on hope and triumph. These relationships raise a new understanding of what happens when a loved one struggles with mental illness. Although the movie reflects on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression disorder, and bipolar disorder, this assignment will focus on one of those characters, Lucy, who suffers from Schizophrenia.

John Larkins novel, The Pause follows Declan O’Malley, a depressed 17-year-old and his life after attempting suicide. On the other hand, James Mangold’s 1999 film, Girl, Interrupted tells the story of 17-year-old Susanna Kaysen and the way she deals with being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder after a failed suicide attempt, and being placed in an institution. Both texts are focus on around the effects that mental health has on teenagers. The two texts explore the three themes of support from family and friends, change and moving forward. These themes are displayed by characterisation, settings and first person point of view and stylistic features.

This film is set in the 1960’s, during this time period mental illness was something that was looked down upon, and those who had a mental illness where feared and

asked. It came as kind of a shock to him to see women treated so badly by men. It was ironic that the movie was portraying a man being the start of a women’s movement where he fought for respect and appreciation for women in the United States during a time when it was rare. It also showed the beginning of men building alliances with women in order to support their cause and to help them advocate for fair treatment. This movie really highlighted the struggles that women had to face when they were still in a major battle for rights and respect from men. I believe that this was a

Everyone has noticed that there is at least that one person who seems like they just don’t fit in. They seem like they are not enjoying their selves and they look like they would rather be somewhere else. They are the ones who sit in the background and idly watch everything that goes on around them. Their hardly ever seen verbally or physically communicating to other human beings. These are the some of the characteristics of someone who has a social disorder such as anti-social personality disorder.

In the movie Girl, Interrupted the plot surrounds a period in the life of Susanna Kaysen played by Winona Ryder who was institutionalized at the Claymore mental hospital in the 1960s. In the movie, the main character Susanna is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and undergoes treatment to which at the end of the movie she is released. It is at this hospital that Susanna encounters many other patients of which she shares many experiences with. One of these patients was the longtime resident and popular amongst all the other patients Lisa Rowe played by Angelina Jolie whom Susanna became close with and would mid-movie escape the hospital with to only return on her own and find that Lisa would be back a few days later. Lisa, while being the protagonist of the movie, was very charismatic in her own way and based on her behavior and revelation in the movie is diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, particularly a sociopath in the movie.

I stared into the flashing lights of the computer; an exclaimer popped up and read, “Congratulations, your video has been uploaded.” Abby, Jon, and I jumped and celebrated with delight. Finally, our first video of our newest web show could be seen on YouTube. This began many excellent and tragic moments in our young lives.