windsoc
02-17-14, 04:33 PM
This may go a little deep and I may reveal things about myself that I potentially shouldn't in this review but I want to be honest and explain why this film really connected with me.
The film is centred around Craig who checks himself into an adult mental facility. He is kept in for one week and within that week he learns a lot about himself, what makes him tick and why he is the way he is. Why he suffers from depression and what it takes for him to learn not just to be happy but to live his life in a happy way.
The story is a very simple one and tells of a tale of someone who just wants to get better and by seeing how other people suffer and how it affects others around him and how he is so desperately trying to organise everything in his head to the point where it does not feel like his head is going to explode it makes it even harder to organise everything that is going on around him.
It is a very real portrayal of someone who suffers from depression but what it does not do is promise to answer all the questions and it does not promise to find a solution, it simply tries to say to people who can identify with the story that they are not alone and that things can get better, they just have to keep trying.
And this is the point where it connects to me, this is something I still have not done and it is still something I am trying to do and I am continuing to do so, it made me realise all be it through the format of cinema that it is okay to not know everything and that it is okay that sometimes it is okay to be a little bit selfish because in the end you may not be able to control the selfishness. It is just who you may be, who I may be but hopefully will no be for the rest of my life.
This is not a pity review, I am not looking for sympathy in this post but I wanted to write a post I think does justice to the film and praises it for how well it is constructed and how well it deals with things in a compassionate and real way.
I cannot speak highly enough of this film and I am not going to give it a rating. I just think it is wonderful.
The film is centred around Craig who checks himself into an adult mental facility. He is kept in for one week and within that week he learns a lot about himself, what makes him tick and why he is the way he is. Why he suffers from depression and what it takes for him to learn not just to be happy but to live his life in a happy way.
The story is a very simple one and tells of a tale of someone who just wants to get better and by seeing how other people suffer and how it affects others around him and how he is so desperately trying to organise everything in his head to the point where it does not feel like his head is going to explode it makes it even harder to organise everything that is going on around him.
It is a very real portrayal of someone who suffers from depression but what it does not do is promise to answer all the questions and it does not promise to find a solution, it simply tries to say to people who can identify with the story that they are not alone and that things can get better, they just have to keep trying.
And this is the point where it connects to me, this is something I still have not done and it is still something I am trying to do and I am continuing to do so, it made me realise all be it through the format of cinema that it is okay to not know everything and that it is okay that sometimes it is okay to be a little bit selfish because in the end you may not be able to control the selfishness. It is just who you may be, who I may be but hopefully will no be for the rest of my life.
This is not a pity review, I am not looking for sympathy in this post but I wanted to write a post I think does justice to the film and praises it for how well it is constructed and how well it deals with things in a compassionate and real way.
I cannot speak highly enough of this film and I am not going to give it a rating. I just think it is wonderful.