This is one of the most grossly overrated films on this site.
And often I wouldn't be too bothered about it, but this is a film which tackles an important topic, and even more seriously, it does so purporting to be true to life in a sense, because it's "based on" Susanna Kaysen's memoir she wrote based on her experience spending 18 months at a mental hospital in the 60s.
Of course, even then, she didn't actually write it while…