I was drawn to this title while browsing a streaming service because I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks myself, and I have to say these conditions are represented very accurately in this film. Unlike the main character I haven't become addicted to anti-anxiety medication but the film shows how easy it is for that to happen. Having said all that, the movie doesn't set out to be an instructional film or semi-documentary about anxiety, it's just a well made, well written film about a woman who suffers from this very common mental health condition. She's successful in her work, less so in her love-life perhaps, so you might say that while some folks are functioning alcoholics, she is a functioning anxiety-sufferer. Her misery at being unable to lead a normal life or find a partner who wants to stay with someone with her condition, and her many attempts to find a cure for this horrible condition are also very familiar. She runs the gamut of treatments, from different kinds of therapy and new-agey silliness to medical doctors, none of which ultimately help. Visually the film is very stylish, with sumptuously-decorated rooms and exotic exteriors, and together with the lead actress's high-octane performance this is a very entertaining but also serious look at how a middle-class creative/professional battles daily with her mental health.
Review of And They Say I Am the Crazy One
