Girl, Interrupted

1999 · 2h07 · Film

Directed by James Mangold

Starring Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss, Jared Leto, Jeffrey Tambor, Vanessa Redgrave, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bettis

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

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.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Susanna Kaysen, Lisa Loomer, James Mangold, Anna Hamilton Phelan

Music

Mychael Danna

Cinematography

Jack N. Green

Cast

Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss, Jared Leto, Jeffrey Tambor, Vanessa Redgrave, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bettis, Jillian Armenante, Drucie McDaniel

Updated July 22, 2026

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