I recommend this movie for the same reasons I had to see it, to see a stellar example of the acting abilities of Rachael Leigh Cook. Others in the cast and plot gave surprisingly credible peek into the lives of the Mentally Ill and Presumed Mentally Ill, who might just have treatable issues. The plot leaves you wondering if the Mental Hospital staff might be more sick than the patients, but in less visible ways.
Rachael Leigh Cook gave me what I expected in a plot with twists and turns that demand emotional response. It is Far from her leadership roles in "Josie and the Pussycats" or "Strike!" (Also known as "All I Wanna Do"), far from the Gentle Nice Girl in "Blow Dry" or "She's All That" and much more dramatic than her role in this year's "Nancy Drew". She has proved to me that she is a Beautiful Woman with tremendous future Potential, if we could just get her on the screen with More A-List Cast, Plots and Crew!
This Movie, as with "Girl, Interrupted" (Filmed in the same Location) or "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" has a sensitive treatment of Mental Patients with Narrow-Minded to the point of Abusive Caretakers. Even the disabled have some right to a real LIFE and DREAMS! One of the filming Gimmicks becomes it's weakness, when scenes filmed from only one point of View - leave you wondering what's going on with other people in the Scene who are not showing. There is a gap between a Gunshot and a Hostage that leave you completely confused as to what happened.
Oh, and while I'm there - There is a beautiful "Sexual Situation" with Rachael Leigh Cook's character, Beth, and Bugs, in which you Know it's Sex, but there's no on-screen Nudity - as with several such implied situations.
Michael Weston turns in a perfect performance! David Goldsmith also as an Actor and Writer, but I am left wondering if this could have been a better film with someone else Directing.
Rachael Leigh Cook gave me what I expected in a plot with twists and turns that demand emotional response. It is Far from her leadership roles in "Josie and the Pussycats" or "Strike!" (Also known as "All I Wanna Do"), far from the Gentle Nice Girl in "Blow Dry" or "She's All That" and much more dramatic than her role in this year's "Nancy Drew". She has proved to me that she is a Beautiful Woman with tremendous future Potential, if we could just get her on the screen with More A-List Cast, Plots and Crew!
This Movie, as with "Girl, Interrupted" (Filmed in the same Location) or "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" has a sensitive treatment of Mental Patients with Narrow-Minded to the point of Abusive Caretakers. Even the disabled have some right to a real LIFE and DREAMS! One of the filming Gimmicks becomes it's weakness, when scenes filmed from only one point of View - leave you wondering what's going on with other people in the Scene who are not showing. There is a gap between a Gunshot and a Hostage that leave you completely confused as to what happened.
Oh, and while I'm there - There is a beautiful "Sexual Situation" with Rachael Leigh Cook's character, Beth, and Bugs, in which you Know it's Sex, but there's no on-screen Nudity - as with several such implied situations.
Michael Weston turns in a perfect performance! David Goldsmith also as an Actor and Writer, but I am left wondering if this could have been a better film with someone else Directing.