it seems that Elizabeth’s problem isn’t that she’s clinically depressed. It’s because she’s a first class a-hole. (That’s a scientific term)
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09/02/05
Prozac Nation (2003)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:6
Rotten:16
Average Rating:4.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on the bestselling memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel, PROZAC NATION tells the true story of Wurtzel's own difficulties with severe depression during her first year at college. Liz (Christina Ricci)... [More]
Starring: Christina Ricci, Jason Biggs, Anne Heche, Michelle Williams
Director: Erik Skjoldbjaerg
Reviews for Prozac Nation
Poor Ricci, stuck in the role of the egotistical unlikeable young woman, tries her hardest to appear miserable.
07/08/05
There's really no reservoir of sympathy deep enough to support a whiny, navel-gazing Harvard student who turns her depression into a show-stopping spectacle.
01/05/07
Such a campy and narcissistic tear-jerker that it's the audience that ends up in a complete stupor.
01/10/02
Ancorado pelas ótimas atuações de Ricci e Lange, o filme traça um retrato fiel da depressão – e aqueles que passaram (ou passam) por esta experiência certamente o aplaudirão.
01/06/04
The film avoids disease-of-the-week sentimentality with Ricci's calm, reasoning voice-over juxtaposing her erratic behavior; she realizes what she's doing but just can't stop.
05/26/06
Truly depressing, a dark, mean and screechy film that still looks half-finished after years on the shelf.
03/04/05
Ninety-eight minutes of this movie and you may find yourself reaching for Prozac or the antidepressant of your choice. A cheap shot, to be sure, but the movie earns it.
03/04/05
Prozac Nation moves along at the speed of a Norwegian glacier, yet it provides the observer with nowhere near the pleasure.
07/07/05
Ricci commits fully, driven to bring Wurtzel's demons to life.
09/22/07
No review available.
09/14/05
Outside of Ricci, everything’s been sucked out to a bland finish.
09/28/05
despite low expectations, you press on, hoping for something interesting to happen
05/05/05
Much like I imagine spending time with Wurtzel herself, Prozac Nation is a laborious, annoying, and wholeheartedly repulsive experience.
05/10/04
[Ricci's] performance as a Harvard undergrad battling clinical depression compels your attention every moment she is on screen.
09/12/01
Top Criticwell-made, but almost relentlessly downbeat portrait of self-destruction -- it makes Winona Ryder's similar 'Girl, Interrupted' look like 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'
07/01/05
This bafflingly awful film is as likable as a sharp blow to the base of the skull, which I would recommend before even thinking of paying to see Nation.
02/27/03
Offers little insight into mental illness or its treatment, and it offers even less drama.
03/13/03
In portraying Elizabeth Wurtzel, Ricci displays range, depth, and courage.
03/11/03
Ricci, a largely inconsistent and limited actress, is splendid when the atomic bomb inside her character’s head goes off.
06/14/04
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