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Helen

6.5R

MovieDrama20092h 0m

On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.

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On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.

Directed by
Sandra Nettelbeck
Written by
Sandra Nettelbeck
Genres
Drama
Released
November 26, 2009
Runtime
2h 0m
Status
Released
Language
English
Countries
Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Studios
Insight Film Studios, Egoli Tossell Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Helen Productions
Budget
$8,000,000
Box office
$34,820
  • Ashley JuddHelen
  • Goran VišnjićDavid
  • Lauren Lee SmithMathilda
  • Alexia FastJulie
  • Alberta WatsonDr. Sherman
  • Leah CairnsSusanna
  • David HewlettFrank
  • David NyklJohn
  • Chelah HorsdalKara
  • Ali LiebertDonna
  • Conrad CoatesStephen
  • AAlex StevensWoman
  • Rob HeschlMaire'd
  • RRobin NielsenStranger
  • Adrian HoughER Doctor
  • JJulia KeiltyPsych Nurse #1
  • Mylène Dinh-RobicPsych Nurse #2
  • Sunita PrasadPsych Nurse #3
  • BJ HarrisonHead Nurse
  • Hyuma FrankowskiMale Student

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  • BornKnight★ 6November 8, 2023
    This movie was mostly a tough watch because it is something I lived with - the great and only part that deserves a view and that give to it a 3 stars is the performance of Ashley Judd and actress than than Jean and Marilyn series, didn't shine of so many movies. Her role is just pure anguish to someone that had similar diagnoses to the ones that her character pass on the movie (Major Depression with psychotic symp…Read more

    This movie was mostly a tough watch because it is something I lived with - the great and only part that deserves a view and that give to it a 3 stars is the performance of Ashley Judd and actress than than Jean and Marilyn series, didn't shine of so many movies. Her role is just pure anguish to someone that had similar diagnoses to the ones that her character pass on the movie (Major Depression with psychotic symptoms and a light bipolar disturb). Probably her best role in any work she had done, that shows easily the anguish, sometimes semeling without cause and the masks we have to use dya thought day to be in a "normal" life. Also it have and explanation as Judd (and multi-activist) herself had major depression thought her life that isn't something that you can "cure" overnight, you just learn to cope with it. She lived a troubled life thought her youth and entered major rehabilitation in 2006 - and now with the suicide of her mother in 2022 (yes, in many cases it is something that runs through the family). The major flaws probably are by Sandra Nettelbeck, the german writer and director - herself a depression survivor - mostly know by "Mostly Martha" (2001) and somelighter movies. The story could be a lot better written and the choice of Goran Visnjic (lately seen in some series and in Hellraiser remake) as a lovely husband that tries to cope with the situation isn't the best, and the choice of support that only someone that passed thought that can understand what it is is a partial true - because lot's of people can understand that by empathy even didn't really lived depression. As a whole it is something that I can only recommend to someone that wants to see what is to live with major depression (even if we don't "read" what is going inside the protagonist head) - painful to see as real as it can be. I imagine this TV movie (it seems to be because of some black screen change in some sequences) in the hands of a most skilled writer and director what t could be with Ashely and her acting. If taken most seriously it could be a contender for best actress. Overall for her work a 6,0 out of 10,0 / C+.

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