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Synopsis: Unable to cope with reality and the difficulty that comes with it, 18 year old Susanna, is admitted to a mental institution in order to overcome her disorder. However, she has trouble understanding her disorder and therefore finds it difficult to tame, especially when she meets the suggestive and unpredictable Lisa.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): James Mangold
Production: Sony Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
54%
R
Year:
1999
127 min
Website
13,742 Views


Georgina, this is Susanna,|your new roommate.

- Oh, great. Hi.|- Hi.

Susanna, you're very lucky.|Georgina's an excellent roommate.

Why, thank you, Valerie.

You're welcome.

Susanna, will you excuse me? I have|some business I have to attend to.

Georgina, will you take Susanna|down to the dining room in a half hour?

Sure.

Yes means yes, Georgina.

I know.

Groovy box.

- That.|- Oh.

Yeah, they're French.

The French Resistance|smoked them, I think.

You ever read this?

No. I saw the movie|a bunch of times, though.

The movie's actually|based on the first book.

I read that one too, but there|were no ruby slippers in it originally.

They added that.|This one takes place afterwards.

Dorothy doesn't really have|such a big part in this one.

F***ing pig.

Get off me!

Hey, Dais. Let anyone|in your room yet?

Hey, girls! Hey, sexy.

It's good to be home.

- Hey, Torch.|- Hey, Lisa.

- You miss me?|- Not much.

Get her to her room.|Gretta'll do the strip search.

- Who's that with Georgie-girl?|- Come on.

- Where's Jamie?|- I can't deal with this.

- Don't give me a hard time.|- Where's Jamie?

Where is she?

Let go!|Don't you f***ing touch me!

Who are you?

Her name is Susanna.|She smokes French cigarettes.

Why is all your sh*t on her bed?

- Why? Where's Jamie?|- What are you talking about?

What the hell are you doing, Lisa?

Back off her. Back off.|You've been gone for two weeks.

A lot of sh*t has gone down.|Back off.

How'd she do it?

Get the f*** off me!

You weak people. You're all weak|f***ing people! You're victims!

You people are f***ing sick!

What? No, Val, please. Please!

Get her legs!

Please!

- F***, no!|- Get her feet!

- I got her!|- Get off! No, no!

Help!

We have got to|cut those nails again.

My God.|What the hell was that?

That was Lisa.

And Jamie was your roommate?

Jamie was Lisa's best friend.

She was sad last week|'cause Lisa ran away...

so she hung herself|with a volleyball net.

Master.

Oh! Oh, I'm sorry.

Meds!

Cynthia Crowley.

Susanna Kaysen.

I am Mrs. McWilley,|and these are for you.

- What are they?|- They'll help you sleep.

- It's 10:
30. I'm not gonna...|- For Christ's sake.

You can discuss it in the morning,|dear, with your doctor.

In the meantime, we'll just|have to agree to disagree.

Take them here.|Have some water.

Polly Clark.

You can go now.

Teresa McCullian.

Daisy Randone.

member of the honor society.

Heading off to Tulane University.

Congratulations.

Andrea Jacobs...

president of the French Club|and honor society...

and on her way|to Sarah Lawrence.

- What is she doing?|- Some kind of a stunt.

Wake up, freak.

Checks.

Why do they do that?

They're just doing checks.

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James Mangold

James Mangold is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing the films Cop Land, Girl, Interrupted, Kate & Leopold, Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma, and Knight and Day. more…

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