Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
Whitech
It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.
Allison Davies
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Helio
There were comparisons of this film to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". I was seeing similarties to "Animal House". Perhaps the characters could have been set in a sorority or girls school - they were richly developed and there might have been more escapades. I don't see that a book has to be faithfully adapted - it is just a movie to stand on its own merits.
garthlotel
This film is unforgettable for many reasons, but mostly for Jolie's masterful portrayal of a psychopath. She is utterly mesmerising in this movie and she steals every scene she is in. The ensemble cast is also great, with brilliant turns from a young Elisabeth Moss and Brittany Murphy. Winona Ryder is captivating as always and carries this beautiful film through to the end.
Eka Herlyanti
Psychological and biographical movie always be my interest. Maybe because sometimes I think the same thought as Susanna Kaysen. Not only when I was young, but until now when I have reached maturity. It's like being illuminated of the mind of people with mental illness. I can see their daily lives and how they interact with each other, and with normal people. But watching this movie, honestly I am a little bit confounded by the definition of normal and crazy people. It's seems superficial. Self-control is the key, I guess.I really all the casts in this movie, particularly Angelina Jolie. Her role is another version of Gia with a bolder and fearless personality, and a little touch of hidden vulnerability. Amazing. I don't know how she does those incredible actings. Winona Ryder also does a good job. I can see how confuse she is with her life. And she really looks like the real young Susanna Kaysen. This role is really perfect for her. Oh, in the opening, Sussana narrates this line: "Or stolen something when you have the cash." You know, it really brought back the memory of what has been done by Winona. No offense to Winona, but it just occurred to me. I couldn't resist it.
A_Different_Drummer
First the IMDb rating is much too low - duh! -- EVEN IF you overlook the near-perfect script, direction, casting, sets -- even if you overlook that the movie is engaging and solid on its own, you end up with the inescapable fact that, FROZEN FOR A BRIEF MOMENT IN TIME, you have in front of you two of the most perfect faces Hollywood has ever produced.Forget Garbo. Forget Taylor. Forget the Alamo. How much of this already great film gives the viewer endless closeups of Ryder and Jolie? (Ryder, for some mysterious reason, seemingly at the end of her star run in Tinseltown, gives arguably the best performance of her life. Oh those cheekbones! Oh those eyes! And Jolie just before she became an action icon in the new century, deliberately underplaying the part so as not to steal from Ryder).Classic film. See it once. See it often.
