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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
13,754 Views


They'll space them out more|after you've been here a while.

That girl. Polly.

How did she get all...

When she was ten...

her mother told her that|she had to give away her puppy...

'cause he was giving her a rash.

And so Polly went...

and found her father's gas can...

and she poured it all over|where she was getting the rash.

And then...

she lit a match.

Oh, my God.

What about you?|Why are you here?

Pseudologia fantastica.

What's that?

I'm a pathological liar.

- What are your plans this fall?|- What?

What are your plans this fall?

I don't have any.

I'm going to be|an ethonobotanist.

Full scholarship to M.I.T.

I'm gonna join the Krishnas.

Hare Krishna?|That's interesting, actually.

I was kidding.

You're Susanna, right?

I'm Toby.|Andrea Jacobs' brother.

I was at graduation.

You're...

You're pretty when you sleep.

Checks.

It's 7:
00.

I mean, everybody thinks about it|at some point.

How would you do it?

I don't know.

I guess I haven't|really thought about it.

Once it's in your head, though...

you become this...

strange, new breed.

A life-form that loves|to fantasize about its own demise.

Make a stupid remark,|kill yourself.

If you like the movie,|you live.

- You miss the train, kill yourself.|- Susanna.

What?

Let's not talk about this|anymore, okay?

Why?

Because it's...

stupid.

What?

What are you doing?

What? 'Cause I don't want to kill|myself? That's not cool to you?

I don't want to die.|I was just talking.

Look, the world is f***ed up,|okay?

It's so f***ed up|that if some draft zombie...

pulls my birthday out of a barrel,|I'm gonna die.

When's your birthday?

December 30.

I'll pray for you.

Checks.

You asked for this?

Are you going to watch?

Afraid so.

That's why there's so many|fuzzy-legged women around here.

Has anybody ever watched you|shave your legs?

I got two kids and one bathroom.|What do you think?

I think you should lock the door.

September 14.

Bingo.

- Bingo, bingo.|- "December 30."

Oh, my God.

A guy I know was just drafted.

What's his name?

Toby.

He's dead now.

Get out, Lisa!

I'm not in your room, Daisy.|I'm right f***ing here.

- Do you want some of my nail polish?|- Get out!

- You're looking better, Lisa.|- Thanks, Margie.

- How's the engagement going?|- Well, you know.

No, I don't. I've been away.

Joe wants me to...|Before the wedding.

F*** his brains out.|Use a rubber.

Gosh, hell, no.

Can I bum one?

Go ahead.

So, have you had|your first Melvin yet?

Who's that?

Bald guy with a little pecker|and a fat wife.

Your "ther-rapist,"|sweet pea.

Unless...

they're giving you shocks.

Or, God forbid,|letting you out.

Then you get to see|the great, wonderful Dr. Dyke.

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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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