That Way Madness Lies...

2018
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

YOUR RATING

2 min trailer for the feature documentary THAT WAY MADNESS LIES... Stigma, denial and blame inform a mother's lament over her son's mental illness.

Play trailer2:06

2 Videos

2 Photos

Documentary Drama

One woman and her family trek the broken mental health system in an effort to save her brother as he descends into madness. Beginning as a testimony of his sanity, his iPhone video diary ult... Read allOne woman and her family trek the broken mental health system in an effort to save her brother as he descends into madness. Beginning as a testimony of his sanity, his iPhone video diary ultimately becomes an unfiltered look at the mind of a man with untreated schizophrenia.One woman and her family trek the broken mental health system in an effort to save her brother as he descends into madness. Beginning as a testimony of his sanity, his iPhone video diary ultimately becomes an unfiltered look at the mind of a man with untreated schizophrenia.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Videos2

Trailer 2:06

That Way Madness Lies.... "A Mother's Lament"

Trailer 2:54

That Way Madness Lies.... Imminent Danger

Trailer 2:54

That Way Madness Lies.... Imminent Danger

Photos

More like this

7.5

Bedlam

6.7

Burden of Proof

6.8

An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
This film has a 100% rating based on 5 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

User reviews3

Review

Featured review

8/10

Excruciating to watch, but fascinating to document

Until you have a loved one who crashed on the rocks of society like this, you might never know what the deal is. This film is a harrowing account of an all-too-real situation of a family without the tools to manage a mental illness crisis.

It could be any kind of trigger--addiction, brain chemistry, military service--none of these scenarios is well served by our medical and legal structures right now. Families without training or experience are adrift in this tempest. Here we get to watch the tempest unfold.

I salute the filmmaker and her family for pulling back the curtain on this. I only wish it provided a road map for those who come next. But part of the point is--none exists. And that's the saddest knowledge that comes out of this.