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Girl, Interrupted

What appears to be a female version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest actually is a quieter, subtler and at times even more discerning look at mental illness. Winona Ryder stars as 17-year-old Susanna Kaysen, whose memoir about her real-life experiences in a psychiatric hospital during the late 1960s inspired the film, but this is mainly an announcement of the arrival of Angelina Jolie, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her teeth-gnashing portrayal of a patient.

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