Manic (2001)
by Jordan Melamed
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Actor: Adrienne Rollo, Don Cheadle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Bacall, Zooey DeschanelDirector: Jordan Melamed
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Writer: Michael Bacall
Writer: Blayne Weaver
Producer: Chuck Reeder
Producer: Joanne Hoffman
Producer: Jodi Sulzman
Producer: Kirk Hassig
Producer: Mark Stolaroff
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Manic (2001)
DVD Review: Brat-Pack-like but Very Good
Summary: 5 Stars
It seems that most movies are about youth for a young audience but I would think most demographic groups could like this movie.
Girl Interrupted was fair but it was a "chick-flick" and let's face it, a series of clich?s.
Manic is timeless in it's relevance.
Teenagers fifty years ago dealt with the same issues and our councilor(Don Cheadle)and his assistants are believable.
The story won't insult your intelligence.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a fine actor and really works in this play as were all the actors.
When you purchase this movie order Brick, Mysterious Skin, Hard Candy and The Lookout.
DVD Review: My favorite
Summary: 5 Stars
for once a movie that got what a mental health facility actually is like, this movie was right down to the core a real take on what its like, great movie!!DVD Review: as expected...
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased Manic after reading many decent reviews. After viewing the movie, I am somewhat disappointed. The movie started out kind of slow, though it was able to capture my attention later on and keep me watching. The dialogue was poorly written; it definitely could have been written better. The shaky camera work, highly contrasted shots, and unnecessarily prolonged close-ups were distracting. Overall, I'd say the movie was okay.DVD Review: Good Flick
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was great. Cheadle gives a good performance, and Zooey adds a nice touch, but the star, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, makes this movie great with his dedication to acting, and his stellar portrayal of a boy lost in his anger. I recommend, especially for and JGL fansDVD Review: Gordon-Levitt and Cheadle tag-team, but still can't save this.
Summary: 2 Stars
Manic (Jordan Melamed, 2001)
As fond as I am of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he couldn't save Jordan Melamed's first (and to date only) feature, Manic. I'm not sure anyone could have, save an editor with a much lighter touch than the one recruited to cut this film.
The story centers on Lyle (Gordon-Levitt), a teen who gets sent to a hospital's psycho ward after a violent episode during which he severely beat a fellow teen with a baseball bat. David Monroe (Don Cheadle), the doctor overseeing the ward, has a lot of patients with issues to work with, so once Lyle gets to the ward, the film shifts into ensemble mode. There's Chad (Michael Bacall, who also co-wrote the screenplay), an affable agoraphobic with whom Lyle quickly bonds; Kenny (Cody Lightning), Lyle's roommate, who's in for molestation; Sara (Sara Rivas), the goth with anger issues; Tracy (Zoeey Deschanel), the introvert working on her self-esteem; etc.
I'm pretty sure you can see the problem already-- clich? abounds in this film. But that might be forgivable (certainly, where this sort of thing is concerned, it's miles better than, say, Girl, Interrupted) if the movie actually told a coherent story. This one tries to, but fails so miserably I can only place the blame on an editor who was told, "this movie must be x number of minutes long. Make sure it gets there." There's a difference between the artistic creation of impressionism in film and just hacking out large pieces of character development, setting, scene, and anything not relating to plot (especially when the plot is so necessarily thin). As I said before, though, I'm just assuming; if the script was actually written this way, then the blame must be placed squarely on Bacall and co-writer Blayne Weaver, who have a lot to learn about that wonderful goblin known as continuity.
There are the bones of an excellent film here, but it never boils enough to really congeal into a soup. **
Description of Manic (2001)
Don Cheadle (Traffic) is 'simply mesmerizing (Entertainment Today) in this piercing intimate and edgy ('sixty Second Preview ) drama about troubled teens hovering on the edge of sanity. Featuring an exceptional young cast, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt ( 3rd Rock From the Sun ) and Zooey Deschanel (All the Real Girls), Manic is a remarkable gem of a film (London Film Festival). At first glance, 17-year-old Lyle Jensen (Gordon-Levitt) seems eerily quiet and withdrawn. But he has a problem with anger, and this time his explosive rage has landed him in the juvenile ward of a mental institution under the watchful eye of therapist David Monroe (Cheadle). Can Dr. Monroe get Lyle and the other kids to open up, confront their demons and reclaim their lives?General DVDs
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