Girl, Interrupted Critic Reviews

Shrewd, tough, and lively -- a junior-league "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."Read the full review

Top performances keep true-life mental ward tale Girl, Interrupted soaring, despite a script that frequently drifts into genre clichés.Read the full review

There's too much control in it and not enough danger.Read the full review

The story, having failed to provide itself with character conflicts that can be resolved with drama, turns to melodrama instead.Read the full review

A solid central performance by Winona Ryder and a captivating wild turn by Angelina Jolie in the yarn's flashiest role.Read the full review

A sappy, muddled production that misses the jarring tone of the autobiographical book by Susanna Kaysen on which it is based.Read the full review

A small, intense period piece with a tough-love attitude toward lazy, self-indulgent little girls flirting with madness.Read the full review

Ryder's commitment is impressive. If her movie only had her courage.Read the full review