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Manic
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R,1hr 40min
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May 9, 2003
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IFC Films
Synopsis: This first feature for filmmaker Jordan Melamed uses the verite style of the Dogme 95 movement for a hard-hitting drama centering on a group of troubled teens. Taking place entirely in a psychiatric ward, the film opens with Lyle (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who has chosen to accept calm in the wake of being treated for wounds due to a violent outburst from a fight that left another young man in horrible shape. Learning that he won't be taken home by his mother, he is transferred instead to a juvenile ... Full Synopsis
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Shows more hopelessness than optimism but is never less than honest. Full Review
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