The original post: /r/movies by /u/Funky_dragonfrog on 2025-01-02 02:47:01.

The way different disorders are shown as well as the camera work just feels so real. You feel like a person actually watching everything while your there. As a mentally ill teen this is literally the best way mentally ill teens have been shown in media that I have ever seen. The actors do an amazing job of actually showing pure emotion not just some made up barely trying acting, It’s actual pure emotion.

My favourite characters where Lyle(played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Dr David monroe(played by Don Cheadle) and Chad (played by Michael Bacall). You can tell they actually cared about this project and that they understand the emotions there characters are feeling. None of the characters are good or bad they all have flaws they all have done bad things and you can’t help but feel like in some way you relate to them. It discuses topics like SA and how that can affect children to believe those actions are normal, Abusive households, Bipolar disorder, SH and so much more. It deals with these topics without even trying to shy away or just allude to it. It tells you and shows how broken the characters are because of it. I genuinely beg all of you to watch it, it is genuinely one of if not the best movie/film I have ever seen.

It’s is free to watch on YouTube (not the best quality but it adds to it) So please watch manic 2001 it is a masterpiece.