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.
- Director
- James Mangold
- Worldwide
- $48M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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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The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Girl, Interrupted returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $40M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $48M
- Release date
- Dec 21, 1999
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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