Where do you go when you've gone too far?
When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex, and high expectations.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and character-led.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Christina RicciElizabeth Wurtzel
- Jason BiggsRafe
- Anne HecheDr. Sterling
- Michelle WilliamsRuby
- Jonathan Rhys MeyersNoah
- Jessica LangeMrs. Wurtzel
- Lou ReedLou Reed
- Jesse MossSam
- Nicholas CampbellDonald
- Zoe MillerElizabeth at 12
Crew
- Erik SkjoldbjærgDirector
- Frank DeasyScreenplay
- Larry GrossScreenplay
- Erling Thurmann-AndersenDirector of Photography
- Nathan LarsonOriginal Music Composer
- James LyonsEditor
- R. Paul MillerProducer
- Galt NiederhofferProducer
- Brad WestonProducer
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