Helen

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Alain E @AlainE Jun 21, 2026 I dare say that this is written by someone who has no personal experience of psychiatric disease. An additional problem is Ashley Judd, a beautiful woman who is extremely aware of her attractiveness. I tolerated twenty minutes. On Prime. See more Monica M @RT66537951 May 15, 2026 The people who say they don’t like it have obviously never been to Hell and back. Severe depression can happen to anyone. I have been to Hell and back more than once. It’s a miracle I’m still alive. This movie is raw and heart wrenching and means something to those people who can relate. I watch it when I need a really good cry and one of my favorite movies. See more Kayla W @RT87187611 Sep 24, 2025 I see the other reviews are harsh as expected. This film is about two women that have severe clinical depression that require multiple hospitalizations and both have suicide attempts. It is very heavy that’s for sure. The film accurately reflects the melancholy and hopelessness of severe clinical depression without sugarcoating in, which I suspect is the point of the film. It will made you feel sad, not good. The main character has a wonderful loving support system including her daughter and husband and she seemingly falls intro depression for no ascertainable reason other than ordinary life stressors. The other woman lacks a support system and the viewer gets a glimpse of what caused her depression (the trauma of witnessing her mom’s suicide). One thing I found myself waiting for was an explanation or some kind of insight into what caused the main character, who had a seemingly wonderful life, to slip so deeply into almost a catatonic state of depression, and it was frustrating to never get that answer. Maybe that was the point because as anyone who has lost loved ones to suicide knows, the people close often have no idea what is really going on internally and even though they try so hard, I some cases they can’t reach into that person’s soul and understand. I think that’s the point and from that perspective this is a very deep film. See more New Y @RT23264002 Feb 6, 2025 This movie was incredible. I’m not sure why people are saying it was not a good movie. I recently discovered this movie. Ashley Judd did an outstanding performance along with her co star. The acting was top-tier. She should have won an award for the great acting. The movie was based on a woman living with Clinical depression and how it destroys her family and home. It was worth watching! See more bhuvanesh b @fankaar Apr 18, 2019 The film could have been better, but what the so-called critics miss is that this is a film about depression, so it is supposed to be "slow" and "relentless." I don't think those critics have ever tried looking at things from another person's perspective. I loved this quote from the film, in which Helen (Ashley Judd) emphasizes to a frustrated student the importance of silence in music: "Hold on to time. Suspension. Silence. That's where you'll find what you're looking for. In the distance between things." See more May 4, 2015 An okay story but with a very dry and lacklustre execution. Some fine performances here and there, but still uninspiring and cliched overall, closer to a LifeTime TV movie of the week than anything. See more Read all reviews

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