Sybil

2007

Sybil

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Emmy Award-winning actress Tammy Blanchard (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows) essays the role of a young girl whose fragile mind was tragically fractured due to years of abuse by her unstable mother (JoBeth Williams). The setting is the late 1950s: multiple personality disorder has yet to be recognized as a serious condition by the mainstream medical community, and Dr. Cornelia Wilbur (Jessica Lange) is struggling against the sexist attitudes of her chauvinistic male colleagues. Chief among her arrogant detractors is Dr. Atcheson (Ron White), a highly respected medico who seems to view Dr. Wilbur with little but thinly-veiled contempt. When Dr. Wilbur hypnotizes withdrawn abuse victim Sybil (Blanchard) in an attempt to bring the sixteen distinct personalities possessed by the girl into harmony, the shocking truth about her tormented childhood gradually comes into focus while forming the foundation of the case file that will finally see multiple personality disorder recognized as a legitimate medical condition.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Drama, Television
Directed By:

Joseph Sargent
Written By:

John Pielmeier
In Theaters:

May 28, 2007 wide
Runtime:

120 minutes
Studio:

CBS

Cast

Jessica Lange
as Dr. Cornelia Wilbur

Tammy Blanchard
as Sybil Dorsett

JoBeth Williams
as Hattie Dorsett

Ron White
as Dr. Atcheson

Michael Ray Fox
as University Student

Gary Levert
as Art Teacher

Liam McNamara
as Tommy

Marlane O'Brien
as Bartender

Joey Campbell
as University Student

David Patrick Flemming
as Young Doctor

Wanda Taylor
as Restaurant Customer

Brianna MacDonald
as Lulu

Fab Filippo
as Ramon

Allison Murray
as Young Sybil

Brian Downey
as Willard

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Critic Reviews for Sybil

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Blanchard and Lange have a more problematic aura, while acting up an equally impressive storm.

January 5, 2018 | Full Review…

John Leonard
New York Magazine/Vulture
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