Trigger warning: if you are bipolar only watch this is you are stable enough to handle it.
As a bipolar myself, I belive it is impossible to portray any mental illness in film realistically and make a person without any disorder understand 1% of what we go through. That being said, I relate to a lot of actions and feelings of the two main characters, having said the same phrases they use multiple times throughout my life.
The main problem I have with the film is that it does not portray the horrors of being at a psychiatric hospital: the despair, the loss of sense of humanity and the insane rules you have to follow in order not to be sedated and abused. This film tried to convince me two patients were allowed to leave their beds at night and spend time at the art room unsupervised. Rooms are usually checked every 30 minutes and they will sedate you if you are not asleep.
Very valuable if you have a loved one who is bipolar.
As a bipolar myself, I belive it is impossible to portray any mental illness in film realistically and make a person without any disorder understand 1% of what we go through. That being said, I relate to a lot of actions and feelings of the two main characters, having said the same phrases they use multiple times throughout my life.
The main problem I have with the film is that it does not portray the horrors of being at a psychiatric hospital: the despair, the loss of sense of humanity and the insane rules you have to follow in order not to be sedated and abused. This film tried to convince me two patients were allowed to leave their beds at night and spend time at the art room unsupervised. Rooms are usually checked every 30 minutes and they will sedate you if you are not asleep.
Very valuable if you have a loved one who is bipolar.