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Poorly written story of a woman who attempts suicide (for no apparent reason), is committed to an asylum (because it's convenient), and masturbates in front of an inmate who never speaks (since that's what one does in a mental asylum, right?). Fortunately she falls in love with the guy to whom she gives her impromptu sex show, for otherwise this movie about taking risks might in fact have taken one, and that would have spoiled the whole mood. Oh, and there's something about how her drug overdose resulted in an aneurysm that is going to kill her in a few days. Ironic, huh? Sarah Michelle Gellar is fine, but too subdued to give the film much of the life it ostensibly celebrates. Based on the novel by Paulo Coelho, who as a teenager spent time in a mental institution.
Poorly written story of a woman who attempts suicide (for no apparent reason), is committed to an asylum (because it's convenient), and masturbates in front of an inmate who never speaks (since that's what one does in a mental asylum, right?). Fortunately she falls in love with the guy to whom she gives her impromptu sex show, for otherwise this movie about taking risks might in fact have taken one, and that would have spoiled the whole mood. Oh, and there's something about how her drug overdose resulted in an aneurysm that is going to kill her in a few days. Ironic, huh? Sarah Michelle Gellar is fine, but too subdued to give the film much of the life it ostensibly celebrates. Based on the novel by Paulo Coelho, who as a teenager spent time in a mental institution.
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