Drama
Theatrical January 14, 2000
Girl, Interrupted poster

Girl, Interrupted (2000)

Girl, Interrupted is a book-based movie adapted from "Girl, interrupted" by Susanna Kaysen. This Drama film is a loose adaptation, and its release date is January 14, 2000.

The Source Material

Girl, interrupted

by Susanna Kaysen

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Overview

The ward for teenage girls in the McLean psychiatric hospital was as renowned for its famous clientele—Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles—as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir e…

About The Movie

Description

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.

Details

Title
Girl, Interrupted
Original Title
Girl, Interrupted
Original Language
EN
Genres
Drama
US Theatrical
January 14, 2000 · Rated R
US Limited Theatrical
December 21, 1999 · Rated R