

Girl, Interrupted
Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $40M
- Box office
- $48.4M
- Language
- English
- suicide
- based on novel or book
- escape
- suicide attempt
- identity
- insanity
- female friendship
- based on true story
- borderline personality disorder
- psychiatric hospital
- mental institution
- female protagonist
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Premiere8 Dec 1999
- Theatrical (limited)R21 Dec 1999
- TheatricalR14 Jan 2000
- PhysicalRDVD6 Jun 2000
- PhysicalRBlu-ray30 Mar 2021
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1524 Mar 2000
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA15+20 Jan 2000
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1614 Jan 2000
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+16 Mar 2000
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1621 Dec 1999
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP29 Mar 2000
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1215 Jun 2000
HungaryHU
- Theatrical186 Apr 2000
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1524 Mar 2000
ItalyIT
- Theatrical24 Mar 2000
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG122 Sept 2000
Frequently asked questions
Girl, Interrupted was released on 21 December 1999.
Audience reviews
3- W6/10
wizzardss
2/25/2021
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 teenage girl who overdoses on aspirin and is admitted to psychiatric hospital. While in the 1960s institution, she meets …
- A8/10
Andre Wilfred Sanders
7/17/2023
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
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/26/2024
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" facility under the care of "Dr. Wick" (Vanessa Redgrave) and nurse "Valerie" (Whoopi Goldberg). As you'd expect, this p…
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