Ryan Oakes

Made it thru 2 episodes. Don't waste your time unless you're IQ is below room temperature. Trite, poorly written, and bizarrely not-believable. This main character (who does prop comedy) is either extremely stupid or extremely "woke". If he'd date a guy then what's wrong with Martha?? It breaks its own rules which are clearly established. In reality the story wouldn't go farther than 10 minutes into the 1st episode because he would have told her to get the hell away from him. I see I'm in the minority side of the reviews and I'm sure I know why. I've already said enough normal person things to have my review removed which may be why the ratings are higher than this garbage deserves in the first place.

I watch this movie frequently which may seem strange because I'm a middle aged straight man. Susanna (Winona Ryder) is dangerously close to becoming comfortably institutionalized in a women's mental health hospital. The story grabs you from the very first scene in which she's speaking to Kurtwood Smith who is playing a revered but retired mental health expert as flashbacks are flawlessly and artistically peppered in as the scene progresses. At one point he is asking Susanna "do you smoke pot.. take LSD?" and as she shakes her head "no" her cigarette is all ash, completely untouched and fully intact which is something that often happens in real life when one takes LSD and attempts to smoke a cigarette. I've always wondered if that was meant to reflect that fact and, as I'm writing this now, I'm almost certain it is. Accompanied by an exceptional soundtrack and ensemble cast the movie continues to flow and cause the viewer to empathize with the characters. Whoopi Goldberg is unbelieveable as the orderly who is in charge of the women's ward. Angelina Jolie steals every scene she's in but only because she's THAT good in this film and deserves to. Like someone before me said- this movie is more like a "friend" I can turn to in times of grief and struggle. Certainly this isn't how many people would regard Girl, Interrupted but I feel grateful that this film is always there when I need it. Also, we miss you, Brittany Murphy :_(

A cool and riveting movie overall. All the originality we've come to expect from Black Mirror. However, the writers have done better in the storyline department in the past. Performances are amazing from the whole cast. My only issue is with unnecessary and meandering scenes seemingly only there to throw the viewer off course for awhile just for the sake of complexity. I'm not going to spoil anything so I'll leave the ending in your capable and critical hands.