I personally hated both Black Swan and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

I didn't see any abuse in Black Swan. The movie triggered me so bad, I barely watched any of it. I went home and just cried and shook, and my poor fiance was like "What's wrong? It was only a movie?" Perhaps because I was a dancer and also struggled with perfectionistic tendencies, it just hit too close to home. I also didn't understand why it had to be so graphic, both in regards to the blood and sex, except to make money (which has always been something that bothers me). I really can't look at Natalie Portman the same way anymore. (A side note about Natalie Portman, I feel like she hasn't picked many good roles to be in, at least not since Garden State).

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest just made me angry. I haven't read the book, but I think I will. I found out today that the author wasn't even a big fan of the movie (hearsay, don't quote me). I didn't like how the nurse was referred to as a villian on the DVD case. To me, a villian is someone who hurts someone else or does something wrong fully knowing what they are doing is wrong and that they are hurting others. Nurse Ratched, it my opinion, was doing what she thought was right. That doesn't make it right, but she thought she was right. Also, just because what she was doing was wrong doesn't make what McMurphy was doing right either. The two of them just made me angry. I felt bad for the rest of the characters because they were just caught in a power struggle which did them no good. I didn't feel too outraged, either, by the way they were treated. Perhaps, if we still lived in the book's hayday, I would be. But I know a lot of things have changed in hospitals and in law books that make a majority of those offenses illegal (Such as the nurse telling Billy's mother about what happened).

Has anyone seen Girl, Interrupted? I read the book and liked it, just haven't seen the movie yet. Or that movie (or read the book) that just came out not too long ago about the high school boy in a hospital?

I enjoy reading and seeing movies about others perspectives or experiences with mental illness. I just haven't found too many films that I actually enjoyed and felt like I took something useful away from it and wanted to know what others thought on the subject.