Prozac Nation

Prozac Nation is a biopic about author Elizabeth Wurtzel and her tremendous struggles with depression and mental illness throughout her college years. It's an amazing look at mental illness and incredibly personal. The movie tracks her complex relationship with her mother and father, who divorced when she was around 10 I believe. Some of the best scenes are between Christina Ricci and Jessica Lange as they crash into each other unveiling their weaknesses and struggles in incredibly emotional moments. It follows various college experiences and some of her writing successes. It's incredibly interesting to see a really good film about mental illness. This film would be a huge reason Christina Ricci is viewed as a good actress who still gets work. She's fantastic and the rest of the cast is very solid, including a very young Jason Briggs and Jonathon Rhys-Meyers. Bottom Line: 8.1 out of 10. Certainly worth watching whenever you come across it.