Elizabeth Blue

This drama's pace might be too slow for some viewers, but there's an intimacy and authenticity to Elizabeth's struggle for a typical life when she's dealing with a serious illness. Despite the odds against them, Elizabeth and Grant share a sweet, loving romance. It's unclear what he does for a living, but Vincent plays Grant as a dutifully caring, devoted partner who wants to grow old and have children with Elizabeth -- even though he knows that will mean helping her navigate her mental health for the rest of their lives. And Schafer gives a surprisingly nuanced performance as Elizabeth, who one moment can seem "fine" but the next becomes obsessive and has to fight off the impulse to do what the voices are telling her.

Best known for playing dangerous men, Akinnuoye-Agbaje plays against type as a patient psychiatrist who tries his hardest to help Elizabeth see what's real and what's her illness. Other notable supporting characters include Kathleen Quinlan in brief scenes as Elizabeth's mother and Christopher Ashman as Elizabeth's cruel hallucination. That said, while Elizabeth Blue means well, there's not much of a plot, and as a character study, it's fairly obvious where the story is heading. A few solid performances make the drama watchable, but whatever director Vincent Sabella is trying to convey gets obscured by the film's gimmicky (and easy-to-guess) denouement.