USA,
2001, 100 min
Directed by:
Jordan MelamedCinematography:
Nicholas HayCast:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Don Cheadle, Elden Henson, Cody Lightning, Michael Bacall, William Richert, Jamielyn Lippman, Van EppersonPlots(1)
A troubled young man (Gordon-Levitt) is committed to a juvenile mental institution, where he's forced by his counselor (Cheadle) to confront the source of his rage...or face the grim prospect of a life behind bars. (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (1)
The camera work in the film Manic bothered me so much that I had trouble watching it, and I didn't like how the story unfolded either. The characters are not badly acted, though I wonder if a facility for people with mental health problems could work that way. I guess it really could.
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