Much like I imagine spending time with Wurtzel herself, Prozac Nation is a laborious, annoying, and wholeheartedly repulsive experience.
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05/10/04
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Prozac Nation (2003)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:6
Rotten:16
Average Rating:4.6/10
Theatrical Release:Nov 30, 1999 Limited
Synopsis: Based on the bestselling memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel, PROZAC NATION tells the true story of Wurtzel's own difficulties with severe depression during her first year at college. Liz (Christina Ricci)... [More]
Starring: Christina Ricci, Jason Biggs, Anne Heche, Michelle Williams
Director: Erik Skjoldbjaerg
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Reviews for Prozac Nation
Ricci, a largely inconsistent and limited actress, is splendid when the atomic bomb inside her character’s head goes off.
06/14/04
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09/14/05
despite low expectations, you press on, hoping for something interesting to happen
05/05/05
Prozac Nation moves along at the speed of a Norwegian glacier, yet it provides the observer with nowhere near the pleasure.
07/07/05
This bafflingly awful film is as likable as a sharp blow to the base of the skull, which I would recommend before even thinking of paying to see Nation.
02/27/03
it seems that Elizabeth’s problem isn’t that she’s clinically depressed. It’s because she’s a first class a-hole. (That’s a scientific term)
09/02/05
Such a campy and narcissistic tear-jerker that it's the audience that ends up in a complete stupor.
01/10/02
Poor Ricci, stuck in the role of the egotistical unlikeable young woman, tries her hardest to appear miserable.
07/08/05
Truly depressing, a dark, mean and screechy film that still looks half-finished after years on the shelf.
03/04/05
She's irritating, brash, self-centered and ultimately lovable in this '80s angst film, which may not play well with today's audiences who would be rather dismissive to such a me-generation attitude.
02/24/04
Offers little insight into mental illness or its treatment, and it offers even less drama.
03/13/03
Ninety-eight minutes of this movie and you may find yourself reaching for Prozac or the antidepressant of your choice. A cheap shot, to be sure, but the movie earns it.
03/04/05
Top CriticOutside of Ricci, everything’s been sucked out to a bland finish.
09/28/05
There's really no reservoir of sympathy deep enough to support a whiny, navel-gazing Harvard student who turns her depression into a show-stopping spectacle.
01/05/07
The self-centered brat at the center of Prozac Nation spends most of her time making life miserable for everyone around her, but there's little reason the public should have to pay for the same privilege.
01/05/07
Top CriticIn portraying Elizabeth Wurtzel, Ricci displays range, depth, and courage.
03/11/03
Top Criticwell-made, but almost relentlessly downbeat portrait of self-destruction -- it makes Winona Ryder's similar 'Girl, Interrupted' look like 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'
07/01/05
The film avoids disease-of-the-week sentimentality with Ricci's calm, reasoning voice-over juxtaposing her erratic behavior; she realizes what she's doing but just can't stop.
05/26/06
[Ricci's] performance as a Harvard undergrad battling clinical depression compels your attention every moment she is on screen.
09/12/01
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