Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 film starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie about a women’s 18-month stay in a mental institution. The film takes place in the late 1960’s and focuses around a main character by the name of Susanna Kaysen. The following summary was written with help from the American Mental Health Foundation website and Wikipedia. In the beginning of the film we learn that Susanna Kaysen had overdosed by taking an entire bottle of aspirin followed by a bottle of vodka. Despite many accusing her of attempting suicide, Susanna denies this accusation to her doctor, instead claiming she was only trying to get rid of a headache. She also confesses that she does not want to go to college, but instead be a writer Susanna is checked
…show more content…
She is placed into solitary confinement to calm down, but she continues to cry and sob over her scared face and body. Susanna tells Lisa to give her the keys to the art room. With the keys, Susanna steal a guitar from the art room and sits outside Polly’s door, singing to her. She then seduces a male orderly to keep him from turning them in. In the morning Valerie Owens, the RN of the ward, finds them and refers them to the therapist, Dr. Wick. Susanna tries to shut Dr. Wick out with a cold attitude; in response to her attitude, the doctor takes her in as her patient and Susanna is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. Lisa also visits Dr. Wick but she does not return to the ward and Susanna falls into a depression. Lisa returns, and she and Susanna break out of Claymore. They hitchhike a ride to Daisy’s house to spend the night. Lisa antagonizes Daisy in her usual way. The next morning, Susanna finds that Daisy had committed suicide by hanging in her upstairs bathroom. Lisa is unfazed by this, searching her robe for money and leaving the house. Susanna is distraught and calls an ambulance, staying as Lisa leaves and returning to Claymore. In the next few weeks she begins cooperating with her doctors and responding to her therapy, expressing her feelings through writing. She is soon scheduled for
She is placed into solitary confinement to calm down, but she continues to cry and sob over her scared face and body. Susanna tells Lisa to give her the keys to the art room. With the keys, Susanna steal a guitar from the art room and sits outside Polly’s door, singing to her. She then seduces a male orderly to keep him from turning them in. In the morning Valerie Owens, the RN of the ward, finds them and refers them to the therapist, Dr. Wick. Susanna tries to shut Dr. Wick out with a cold attitude; in response to her attitude, the doctor takes her in as her patient and Susanna is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. Lisa also visits Dr. Wick but she does not return to the ward and Susanna falls into a depression. Lisa returns, and she and Susanna break out of Claymore. They hitchhike a ride to Daisy’s house to spend the night. Lisa antagonizes Daisy in her usual way. The next morning, Susanna finds that Daisy had committed suicide by hanging in her upstairs bathroom. Lisa is unfazed by this, searching her robe for money and leaving the house. Susanna is distraught and calls an ambulance, staying as Lisa leaves and returning to Claymore. In the next few weeks she begins cooperating with her doctors and responding to her therapy, expressing her feelings through writing. She is soon scheduled for