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Following up his critically acclaimed debut Insomnia (1997), Norwegian director Erik Skjoldbjaerg makes his first English-language feature with this adaptation of the book by Elizabeth Wurtzel. Christina Ricci stars as Lizzie, a prize-winning student heading off to Harvard where she intends to study journalism and launch a career as a rock music critic. However, Elizabeth's fractured family situation including an errant father (Nicholas Campbell) and a neurotic, bitterly hypercritical mother (Jessica Lange) has led to a struggle with depression. When her all-night, drug-fueled writing binges and emotional instability alienate her roommate and best friend, Ruby (Michelle Williams), as well as both her first (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and second (Jason Biggs) boyfriends, Lizzie seeks psychiatric counseling from Dr. Diana Sterling (Anne Heche), who prescribes the wonder drug Prozac. Despite success as a writer that includes a gig writing for Rolling Stone and some mellowing out thanks to her medication, Lizzie begins to feel that the pills are running her life and faces some tough choices about her future. Prozac Nation (2001) is a longtime dream project of star Ricci, who also serves as one of the film's co-producers. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Christina Ricci - Elizabeth Wurtzel
Jason Biggs - Rafe
Anne Heche - Dr. Diana Sterling
Michelle Williams - Ruby
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Noah

Christina Ricci delivers a superb performance in this screen adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel's best-selling memoir about her battle with drugs and depression, and the film has been given a strong if not exceptional presentation on DVD. Prozac Nation has been transferred to disc in letterboxed format at the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which has also been enhanced for anamorphic play on 16 x 9 monitors. The transfer is clean and clear and captures the nuances of Erling Thurmann-Andersen's cinematography quite well. The original English-language audio track has been mastered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while an alternate dubbed track in Spanish appears in Dolby Digital Stereo. No subtitles have been included, though the film is closed-captioned in English. As a bonus, an "Anatomy of a Scene" featurette on the making of the film (broadcast on The Sundance Channel) has been included. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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