Prozac Nation

2001
R
1h 35m

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6.2/10

19K

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A young woman struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard.A young woman struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard.A young woman struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard.

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Trivia
In an interview just before the film was finally released, Christina Ricci, who was 20 at the time, admitted that doing her first nude scene ever in Prozac Nation was frightening. She said during production that director Erik Skjoldbjaerg decided that a nude scene would show the character's complete emotional "nakedness," even though nudity wasn't in the script or even discussed before production began. Ricci agreed but requested a closed set and then she called her co-star Michelle Williams to come watch the monitor and let her know that everything looked okay. Ricci went on to perform nude scenes in several of her later films.

Goofs
Elizabeth has a Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love" album poster hanging in her room in 1985. The album was not released until 1987.

Quotes
Elizabeth: Hemingway has this classic moment in "The Sun Also Rises" when someone asks Mike Campbell how he went bankrupt. All he can say is, "Gradually, then suddenly." That's how depression hits. You wake up one morning, afraid that you're going to live.

Crazy credits
During the opening credits, the close-up shots of the letters Elizabeth is typing form the sentence, "I hate myself and I want to die."

Connections
Featured in Anatomy of a Scene: Prozac Nation (2001)

Soundtracks
Sweet Jane
Written and Performed by Lou Reed
Used by permission of Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc.

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Featured review

7/10

great acting and strong adaptation.....

i watched Prozac nation for the first time last night online. i was drawn immediately to the strong narrative by Rici's character. i could relate to her despair especially as a young adult. Thats what depression can do. It distorts reality. The story line is straight forward. So much so that its really the words and Rici's performance that kept me interested. I would recommend watching it. But its not an uplifting movie. But its honest. I would of liked to see some more flashback scenes to better understand the childhood experiences but i think the mothers performance helped in that area. I thought the scene where she first takes the e was well done.