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Girl, Interrupted

  • 19991999
  • RR
  • 2h 7m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
181K
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POPULARITY
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Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted (1999)
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Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s.Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s.Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
181K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
927
30
  • Director
    • James Mangold
  • Writers
    • Susanna Kaysen(book)
    • James Mangold(screenplay)
    • Lisa Loomer(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Winona Ryder
    • Angelina Jolie
    • Clea DuVall
Top credits
  • Director
    • James Mangold
  • Writers
    • Susanna Kaysen(book)
    • James Mangold(screenplay)
    • Lisa Loomer(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Winona Ryder
    • Angelina Jolie
    • Clea DuVall
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 453User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 9 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Girl, Interrupted
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    'The New Mutants' Cast Reveal Characters & Film Inspirations
    Interview 3:25
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    What Roles Has Winona Ryder Turned Down?
    Clip 3:13
    What Roles Has Winona Ryder Turned Down?
    What Roles Has Angelina Jolie Turned Down?
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    What Roles Has Angelina Jolie Turned Down?

    Photos147

    Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted (1999)
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    Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted (1999)
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    Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted (1999)
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    Top cast

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    Winona Ryder
    Winona Ryder
    • Susannaas Susanna
    Angelina Jolie
    Angelina Jolie
    • Lisaas Lisa
    Clea DuVall
    Clea DuVall
    • Georginaas Georgina
    Brittany Murphy
    Brittany Murphy
    • Daisyas Daisy
    Elisabeth Moss
    Elisabeth Moss
    • Pollyas Polly
    Jared Leto
    Jared Leto
    • Tobias Jacobsas Tobias Jacobs
    Jeffrey Tambor
    Jeffrey Tambor
    • Dr. Pottsas Dr. Potts
    Vanessa Redgrave
    Vanessa Redgrave
    • Dr. Wickas Dr. Wick
    Whoopi Goldberg
    Whoopi Goldberg
    • Valerieas Valerie
    Angela Bettis
    Angela Bettis
    • Janetas Janet
    Jillian Armenante
    Jillian Armenante
    • Cynthiaas Cynthia
    Drucie McDaniel
    • M-Gas M-G
    Alison Claire
    • Grettaas Gretta
    Christina Myers
    Christina Myers
    • Margieas Margie
    Joanna Kerns
    Joanna Kerns
    • Annetteas Annette
    Travis Fine
    Travis Fine
    • Johnas John
    Gloria Barnhart
    • Older Catatonicas Older Catatonic
    Josie Gammell
    Josie Gammell
    • Mrs. McWilleyas Mrs. McWilley
    • Director
      • James Mangold
    • Writers
      • Susanna Kaysen(book)
      • James Mangold(screenplay)
      • Lisa Loomer(screenplay)
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Winona Ryder acquired the rights to the novel herself and then spent seven years trying to get the movie made.
    • Goofs
      When Susanna is walking through her house during the party, there are extras there. In the background, you can hear, "Look, there's Winona Ryder".
    • Quotes

      Lisa: You know, there's too many buttons in the world. There's too many buttons and they're just - There's way too many just begging to be pressed, they're just begging to be pressed, you know? They're just - they're just begging to be pressed, and it makes me wonder, it really makes me fucking wonder, why doesn't anyone ever press mine? Why am I so neglected? Why doesn't anyone reach in and rip out the truth and tell me that I'm a fucking whore, or that my parents wish I were dead?

      Susanna: Because you're dead already, Lisa! No one cares if you die, Lisa, because you're dead already. Your heart is cold. That's why you keep coming back here. You're not free. You need this place, you need it to feel alive. It's pathetic.

      [Lisa falls down to her knees and screams]

      Susanna: I've wasted a year of my life. Maybe everybody out there is a liar. And maybe the whole world is "stupid" and "ignorant". But I'd rather be in it. I'd rather be fucking in it, then down here with you.

    • Alternate versions
      The cinema release was cut by the Singapore Censor Board to cut 7 minutes of footage to remove some sex, reduced language, drug uses, a suicide scene, and reduced some intense moments for a 'PG' certificate. The video releases are re-rated 'NC-16' uncut with consumer advice: Coarse language.
    • Connections
      Featured in HBO First Look: The Making of 'Girl, Interrupted' (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Bookends
      Written by Paul Simon

      Performed by Simon & Garfunkel (as Simon and Garfunkel)

      Courtesy of Columbia Records

      By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

    User reviews453

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Brief critique-- 9/10 Excellent drama and lyric insight
    I came to the film with low expectations. I was simply stunned by how good it was.

    Angelina Jolie is an absolutely PHENOMENAL actress. Her performance alone is worth watching the movie for. But unlike show-stoppers like Marissa Tomei in "My Cousin Vinnie," merely shines the brightest light in a luminescent cast.

    The cinematography was innovative, but not distractingly so-- "Girl Interupted" shines primarily for its dramatic power, not as a mind-blowing work of art. It will not explode your vision of the mundane world in the same way that "American Beauty" might, but it will certainly probe you to question your way of seeing the world-- at least psychologically.

    Winona Ryder challenged my preconception of her, and proved herself as more than a pretty-girl. Her performance was convincing as Suzanna, a confused high-school graduate who is eloquent and insightful on paper yet unable to a rticulate her own desperate melancholy.

    The movie takes place primarily in the women's ward of a mental institution and follows the dynamic friendship between Lisa (Jolie's character) and Suzanna. Lisa is a kinetic, dynamic personality who cuts right to the "truth" of things. Her "truth" knows no boundaries and she is a controlling person prone to violence. Her piercing insights about people and social recklessness led to her to be institutionalized as a sociopath.

    This is not a depressing film. Rather, it is suprisingly life-affirming. Not cloying, not sacherine, but not inpenetrably dark, either. Anyone seeking an angst-ridden portrayal of abuses in mental institutions should check out Jack Nicholson's "One Flew Over the Cuckoos nest."

    This film has little of the violent anger of that old classic. Yet it does echo some of the ebulience, the defiance of authority and embracing of freedom at sometimes incalculable cost.

    Performances by Whoppie Goldberg (in a serious and nuanced role) and Vanessa Redgrave were excellent, as expected.

    With the exception of a few holywood gimmicks, predictable cuts and music, this is a nearly flawless film. Dead-on dramatically, and excellently scripted and based on an eloquent true-story by Suzana Keisen, this movie offers a glimpse of one intensely personal experience of truth. Without the quotation marks, dark cynicism, or pretensions that revelation so frequently entails.
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    • Jan 27, 2000

    FAQ3

    • Is this movie based on a book?
    • What did Susanna Kaysen think of the movie?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 14, 2000 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Перерване життя
    • Filming locations
      • Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Red Wagon Entertainment
      • 3 Arts Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $40,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $28,912,646
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $95,399
      • Dec 26, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $48,350,205
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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