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Elizabeth Wurtzel (based on the book by)
Galt Niederhoffer (adaptation)
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Release Date:
22 August 2003 (Norway) more
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A young woman struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard. Based on Elizabeth Wurtzel's novel. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Christina Ricci ... Elizabeth

Jason Biggs ... Rafe

Anne Heche ... Dr. Sterling

Michelle Williams ... Ruby

Jonathan Rhys Meyers ... Noah (as Jonathan Rhys-Meyers)

Jessica Lange ... Mrs. Wurtzel
Jesse Moss ... Sam
Nicholas Campbell ... Donald (as Nick Campbell)
Zoe Miller ... Elizabeth at 12
Sheila Paterson ... Grandmother
Rob Freeman ... Mister Cool
Nicole Parker ... Waitress (as Nicole Parker Smith)

Frida Betrani ... Julia
Klodyne Rodney ... Nurse
Ian Tracey ... Rolling Stone Editor
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Rated R for language, drug content, sexuality/nudity and some disturbing images.
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95 min | Canada:99 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Filmed in 2000, Miramax films planned on releasing the film in late 2001, but shelved it indefinitely in the US. A number of reasons were given for the delay, from the unlikeable nature of the central heroine to writer Elizabeth Wurtzel's offensive comments about 9/11, to the fact that Wurtzel noted that the movie was "horrible." The movie finally debuted on the Starz! network in 2005 when, following the exit of Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein from Miramax, all pending films were released, in one form or another. more
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Continuity: When Ruby and Elizabeth are talking after she has sex, Elizabeth is lying on the bed and has the pillow behind her head. In the shot in the mirror she has the pillow almost under her. more
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Elizabeth: He told me afterwards in terms of absolute value, sex and drugs were equally meaningless to him. Just two different ways to have fun. Which is all well and good, until a girl tries out the same approach. more
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44 out of 53 people found the following comment useful.
read the book instead, 1 August 2005
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Author: shoeshoe from United Kingdom

I think I should start by stating that I was hungry for this film, the book Prozac Nation, which chronicles Elizabeth Wurtzel's battle with depression, meant so much to me and each delay to the film (and there were many) only served to increase my desire to see it. Then I watched it…. and from the opening scene my heart sank.

But lets get things straight first, it is a good film, probably would never win any awards but there are worse ways to kill a couple of hours. The performances, from a cast that includes Jessica Lange and Anne Heche, are solid (although somewhat unfairly Jason Biggs will always be the guy who humped the pie in my eyes) and in the case of Christina Ricci, who played Wurtzel herself, exceptional, the soundtrack's cool (well it does include The Pretenders, Lou Reed and Bruce Springsteen after all) and if you haven't read the book you'll probably like, maybe even love, it. However therein lies the problem, a film based on an international bestseller is surely aiming itself at a target audience of its readers and for this film that's the very people who are least likely to enjoy it. The film sucks out all the depth that made the book so brilliant and so important to millions, for example, instead of being a emotionally messed up young woman who fears abandonment and uses sex and anger as defence mechanisms, Wurtzel becomes a bitchy, whiny slut who is difficult to relate to or feel sympathy for. Furthermore the time constraints lead the film to focus solely on the Harvard years cutting out the important childhood/teen years and leading to a resolution which occurs far to early making depression seem like a problem which can be solved within a year. However I suppose the biggest problem the film has to overcome is the fact that reading Prozac Nation is a highly personal and private thing, meaning no film will be able to compare to the one the readers have already seen in their heads.

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