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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: RICCI,CHRISTINA EAN: 0786936223934 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Miramax Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Miramax Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Miramax Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 05, 2005 Running Time: 95 minutes Sales Rank: 17208 Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Description: Award winners Christina Ricci (CURSED, MONSTER) and Jessica Lange (BIG FISH, ROB ROY) star in this emotionally charged true story about a journey into excess! When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel (Ricci) earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex, and high expectations. Based on the best-selling autobiographical novel, PROZAC NATION also stars Michelle Williams (THE STATION AGENT), Anne Heche (JOHN Q), Jason Biggs (JERSEY GIRL), and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM).
Amazon.com: Fans of Christina Ricci will note that the saucer-eyed actress takes a big leap from deadpan-child and grumpy-ingenue roles with Prozac Nation, an adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel's bestselling book. Ricci puts her all into playing Lizzie, a self-absorbed Ivy League writer wannabe who alienates friends and family with her out-of-control mood swings and other chemical imbalances. Ricci is committed and convincing, but nothing she does ameliorates Lizzie's exasperating personality; spending 90 minutes around this person is an eternity of tantrums. Around to provide audience stand-ins are Jason Biggs, Michelle Williams, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, all of whom disapprove of Lizzie's self-destructive behavior. Jessica Lange, professional as always, is Lizzie's brittle mother. If the movie really did capture the sense of the zeitgeist suggested by its grandiose title, or if it carried some intriguing stylistic urgency that carried us into its depressive labyrinth, perhaps Lizzie's journey would be palatable. But the long delay between Prozac Nation's shooting (in 2001) and its emergence on cable-TV and DVD is all too easy to understand. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Trite garbage
In the real world of art Elizabeth Wurtzel is the sexy drama queen every guy wants to do, but no guy wants to wake up next to. Her on-screen portrayer, Christina Ricci, is the ugly artsy wannabe girl that desperately wants every and any guy, but no guy will touch her. That's why, in Prozac Nation, the unreleased 2001 film of Wurtzel's 1990s bestseller book of the same name, there are immediate problems. Ok, the problems start before the miscast of Ricci, who has the emotional range of a thimble- is it any wonder that, by far, her finest acting was in the two Addams Family films? First off, she ... Read More
Rating: - Picked up from the Discount bin
I picked up this movie from a discount bin because it had a picture of Christina Richie on it. She has always intrigued me. I was stunned to find a movie of substance and deep emotional material.
Late the other night, I was tired, but not enough to sleep, so I popped Prozac Nation into my DVD player and watched. I wondered, why didn't I know more about this movie which had such talented actors in it? As the movie progressed I was amazed at the quality in acting, the beautiful cinematography, the flowing direction which neither tried to placate me or reduce the story to idiocy such ... Read More
Rating: - Unfortunately, as usual, try reading the book
A decent film about a young woman's battle with Mental illness. I would guess though that the book was better. The ending of this seemed rushed. Unfortunatley, the movies seemed choppy, melodramatic, and just kinda blah. Worth watching, kinda interesting for a person that works in the field.
Rating: - Always look for the "Root of the Family Problems."
I would recommend this movie to all families experiencing "problems." The beautiful Christina Ricci portrays Elizabeth Wurtzel life. This is based on Wurtzel's own memoir on addiction. In this movie Lizzie's parents are totally disconnected. With each disconnection, it reinforces Lizzie's need to self medicate with alcohol and other drugs. She is medicating emotional pains that will not go away. Of course the pains won't go away, since her parents screwed up her life.
In true life, Ms. Ricci's parents also divorced and she went through a period of "self injury and issues with self ... Read More
Rating: - None of the Virtures of the Book
I really liked the book version of Prozac Nation. It is a hard read in places, parts of it seem like the author wrote them on speed, the protagonist is also the antagonist, it drags a bit in places... but it perfectly captures the zietgiest, it is so baldly, terribly honest that it makes you flinch, and by the end, after you have been through ten years of depression, therapy, and bad behavior with Lizzie, you are just relieved that the Prozac worked. That is a huge element that I think most people take away from the book, that while Prozac or SSRIs in general can be a godsend for some people, ... Read More
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