Kid reviews for Girl, Interrupted

I’m 13, and i watched this movie after reading the book. Let me tell you, it was absolutely beautiful. Angelina Jolie, Winona Ryder, and Brittany Murphy are brilliant actresses. It gives such an amazing insight to mental illness and how poorly it was handled in the 1960s. All in all, it is fine for 12+ depending on the maturity.

starting off, this movie was insanely good! i read the book before watching this and they (the movie and the book) are both SO good. angelina jolie & winona ryder really commit to their roles and you can tell. i also like the fact that this movie & the book dont make it seem that staying in a mental institution is all that. it really shows that staying in one & leaving it after is hard to recover from especially for young women! theres little to no violence/sex/drugs and although theres a lot of r rated swearing, its nothing teens having heard before. amazing movie! would definitely watch

Great movie, definitely worth watching. It can be a bit intense at times and might be triggering for some due to its images of suicide and SH. I would say it’s appropriate for the majority of more mature teens.

Watched it when I was 12 super triggering

this is one of my fav films i think it depends on the person i was quite young when i watched this and i was ok

Absolutely wonderful, tackles a very stigmatized topic. Watch out if imagery of self harm or suicide concerns you. This movie is Iconic, Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder? Gorgeous. Watched this when i was 12, it was my favorite movie for a while. Shows sex but not graphically.

I would say 16+ as a general rule, a younger teen could handle it but there is a lot of nuance and misinformation within the movie and needs critical media skills as well as an ability to handle dark topics maturely. I would also check the tw’s before watching it or letting your kids watch it. It is quite graphic at times and doesn’t hold back. If you’ve lost people to suicide recently (like I have) it might be a good idea to give this movie a miss for a bit. There are also mentions of sexual abuse and Ed’s although they are far less graphic in their depiction. It was a really well done film but was also really unnecessarily racist at times. I technically understand why but the point they were trying to make could have been made without the racism.

This is an AMAZING movie! The actors are amazing, the message, everything about it! One of my absolute favorites. But it definitely is NOT for kids. I know you're looking at my age and saying, "Bro, why is she watching this movie at such a young age!?" (if ur normal) but that's another thing. Age ≠ Maturity. But i think most kids would be mature enough for this at around 14-16 years old. There are many sexual situations, but no actual showing of nudity. Except for one brief scene from very far of a man fully nude, but I didn't even notice until I watched it a second time! There is SO MUCH CURSING! If you are sensitive to slurs or yelling i definitely would NOT recommended this. Also many TWs for sh and suicide. So i would say 16+ if ur a normal kid, and 13+ if ur more mature than others. :)

This is hands down one of the best movies I’ve ever watched. It is about a young woman’s stay in a mental hospital and the people she meets there. So obviously it cover a variety of mental illnesses. It covers very dark topics in detail but is totally hilarious at the same time. The cast is amazing: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Brittany Murphy (rip) and Elisabeth Moss. There is some prescription drug abuse but nothing over the top, you see a few clips that suggest that something sexual has or will happen, they’re is mild violence but mainly only verbal abuse. Things that parents should know is that a character does hang them self and the dead body is shown. They’re are many scenes were patients are in extreme emotional distress (which are hard to watch). But I highly recommend it. It teaches you so much and leaves you thinking about it for days, it shows the harsh reality of the life in a 1960’s psychiatric hospital. Now stop reading this review and go watch it rn (it’s on Netflix)