Honors:None Found
Review: Lizzie, a talented writer, receives a journalism scholarship to Harvard and moves from her native home of Manhattan to Cambridge. At first Lizzie is having a great time in college, she makes friends, dates men, and even receives an award from Rolling Stone for her review of a Lou Reed performance. Slowly, and then rapidly, Lizzie begins to have mental health problems and alienates and betrays her family and friends. Lizzie begins regular visits with a therapist and slowly works through her issues of mistrust that stem from her dysfunctional relationship with her parents. Briefly, the movie addresses Lizzie's use of Prozac as an anti-depressant, but it feels rushed and artificial.
Opinion: Overall, I did not like this film. I had to watch it in two sittings because it was so overly dramatic, and in my opinion overdone. At the end of the film it is shown that Lizzie is a real person and that she wrote the book that this movie is based on. I actually wonder if the book is better than the movie and I kind of want to read it. I think the story is a good one, I just don't think the movie did it justice.
Ideas: None.
Ideas: None.
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