Girl Interrupted Psychology

The movie, Girl, Interrupted, demonstrates the use of many psychological principles, quite accurately for the time period it was made in. This movie kept the watcher on the edge of their seat, and made you think to the deepest places in your mind. It left minimal things to be desired. Watching this movie lets a person see through their own eyes what it is actually like in a mental hospital in this time, which gives the watcher a completely different perspective on things. The movie was overall pleasant to watch, and was interesting throughout. Girl interrupted begins with a 19 year old girl named Suzanna. In the beginning of the movie, she is rushed to the hospital.This is because she combined a bottle of aspirin and a bottle of vodka to get rid of a headache. She denies she tried to kill herself, she does suffer from depression and lack of motivation. After …show more content…
Suzanna, for instance, had some sort of a personality disorder, which caused her to be detached and lofty. Georgina was a pathological liar that was obsessed with The Wizard of Oz. You can tell from her personality that she just has the constant urge to lie, and may even have some sort of bi-polar disorder. Polly was badly burned in a fire when she was a kid, which causes her to never want to grow up. She gravitates towards children clothes, toys, and music. She tends to be easily offended and sensitive as well, which represents her mental illness well. Then there is Lisa. She is completely psychotic, and really doesn’t have much going for her life. This causes her to be very rebellious and free-spirited. She takes rules and puts them in the garbage, which represents her character well as well. But overall, they assign the characters with a wide range of mental illnesses, and when combined with the acting and script, represents these ideas very well. The mental illness aspect of this movie was greatly represented