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Amazing and touching without being preachy

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2019

I loved the moving reality of this. It showed the difficulty of mental illness. And it wasn't anti-medication. So ignore the Scientology reviews. This movie focused on the issue of consent. You can have a mental illness yet still have the mental capacity to make your own health decisions. People do it all the time. I happened upon this movie, but found myself riveted and moved by it, both by the performances, the story, and the legal precedent it set. It also opened my eyes a bit wider to the plight of the mentally ill who seek evidence based treatment then get stuck in a detrimental mental health care loop.

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Rodger K.

Disc is NOT NTSC

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2021

Either this disc is not NTSC as stated above, or there was a problem in the manufacturing. I ordered a replacement when the first one I received would not work on any player in my home. The replacement did the exact same thing. I really wanted this film, which was already available in European PAL format, which is of no use to me in the states, so when I saw this edition was advertised as Region 1, I was very excited. Amazon needs to look into the problem. Either they screwed up the listing information, or as I already stated, a manufacturing issue. They have not yet changed it, so there is no point in trying to order it again. IMO, everyone who received a disc that wouldn't play after buying through this listing should be sent a replacement WORKING copy, free of charge for the aggravation. Can someone please just release a true Region 1, NTSC disc that works already? Jeez.

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Amazing and touching without being preachy

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2019

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True to life

Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2018

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I appreciate this film for depicting the realities of how psychiatric medications and other treatments are forced onto people without their full consent. People in emotional distress still have the ability and the human right to make decisions about their care, and I'm glad this film is helping show that point of view. This movie is not perfect, it has some generic tropes (like "hero who works so much that and it damages a romantic relationship" or "smarmy lawyer on the opposing side speaks condescendingly to hero"), but I would still recommend this film. I hope it reaches a wider audience because the situations depicted in this movie are still happening in psych wards.

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