Synopsis: A girl fresh out of high school is in an emotional mess and is led by parents and therapist to sign the papers for her own commitment in a psychiatrical institution. There she makes new friends and gets in touch with a different kind of reality from her usual one.
Appraisal: I may have overrated this film a bit at my first viewing. I have decided upon viewing it a second time that its veerings into phony sentimentality now and then prevents it from qualifying as a favorite of mine. Still, it is a consistently engaging study about outsiders, with a ring of truth to most of it. It is particularly enlivened by a string of extraordinary performances, particularly DuVall and Murphy - and Ryder most of the time; the rest of the cast is fine too, with the possible exception of the older ones, which I didn't really care for.
Rating: 70 (down from 72)
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