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Originally Posted by javadog

Hard to believe a movie like this is so popular. That does not speak well for where we are as a society, as tabs will probably continue to point out for the rest of the year.

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

I agree with this statement. Why is such a negative movie so popular?

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

It's not negative.

Mental illness is the brutal reality many face.

Had an ex GF. Her sister suffered from mental illness bipolar IIRC.

Once every few months we'd have to go to the local psych ward to deal with her.

These places are not pretty. Any portrayal you've ever seen in any movie does not even come close to the reality of what they are like in real life.

GF's sister would get locked up, get medicated, eventually released to a group home which were ****holes, she'd want better, she'd get a job so she could get her own place, life would be good for a bit, social services would find out about the job and her benefits would get cut, she can no longer afford her meds and a place of her own so she'd cut back on the meds, have an "episode" and end up right back in the psych ward.

Rinse and repeat every 6 months and that was her life.

I suspect this movie is "popular" because it was done so well that the light bulb is going off for a lot of people.

It's a very raw and highly uncomfortable dose of reality that maybe people always knew existed but has never been expressed in a way that truly makes people sit up and pay attention.

Go see it.

Keep an open mind.

Agreed. Very well stated.