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Parents' Guide to

Mental

By S. Jhoanna Robledo, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 17+

Unstable woman saves dysfunctional family in offbeat comedy.

Movie NR 2013 116 minutes
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This film is unbridled and intense -- and we don't just mean the cinematography. Movies with a bizarrely refreshing point of view are a joy to watch (see Muriel's Wedding, which was also directed by Mental helmer P.J. Hogan), especially when they pack a walloping mix of humor and pathos. In this regard, Mental is a joy.

But delightfully strange as it is, Mental is also very predictable. From the moment Shaz enters the scene, we know, pretty much, that in fixing the family she's suddenly part of, she will, in some way, fix what's broken with herself.

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