2009 Directed by Emily Young
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
Sarah Michelle Gellar David Thewlis Jonathan Tucker Erika Christensen Melissa Leo Erica Gimpel Waleed Zuaiter Victor Slezak Adrian Martinez Florencia Lozano Barbara Sukowa Matthew Cowles Rena Owen Holter Graham Stuart Rudin Ward Horton Meg Gibson John Farrer Rafael Sardina Jill Marie Lawrence Lisette Bross Gregory Marcel Nicolette Hart Victor Steinbach Jeff Applegate Jessica Kaye Tatiana Maher Al Roffe David Skeist Show All…
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Veronika Decide Morrer, Veronika se rozhodla zemřít
It may seem that, with the track record she has had during the aughts, Sarah Michelle Gellar really couldn’t find her foot in a great role after Buffy the Vampire Slayer went off-air. What did she really have to flex her thespian muscle? The Grudge movies? One thing that I feel many shouldn’t really jump to is hating on the actress because, outside of the mainstream films she’s done, Gellar has proven that she has what it takes to deliver, if only she has the right material to work with. Fortunately, she has found that type of role. Sadly, her film was stuck in distribution limbo.
If I mentioned the film’s title, Veronika Decides to Die, you’ll probably just shrug…
I don't know whether it's the director, the writers behind the adaptation, or Paulo Coelho's source material that is to blame most for the letdowns I felt throughout most of this movie. I haven't read Coelho's novel, and I'm not sure I'll be in a hurry to do so after this experience. I do however think there is a good story hiding within, but it's just not released.
It's a shame, for acting performances from the likes of David Thewlis, Melissa Leo, Sarah Michelle Gellar and--even--Erika Christensen are well above what this level of storytelling deserved.
It's like it misses all the beats. We know the next steps at least two or three minutes before they happen, and it's really…
Veronika Decides to Die is the story of a woman (Sarah Michelle Gellar) who is told that she has only weeks to live after a botched suicide attempt leaves her with a terminal heart condition. She's confined to a mental hospital during that time and witnesses the bizarre treatment of her fellow patients inside the hospital. While waiting to die, she finds a new lease on life by confronting her demons. This was an alright film. I've always been a big fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar and I wanted to check this one out simply for the fact that she is in it, so I decided to rent it. I did enjoy it, but it might be one of those one and done type of films. I doubt that I'll actually buy it and watch it again.
The best intentions...
The concept of the film is definitely of interest. The film purports to take a look into the life of a woman living with depression who attempts to commit suicide. All the pieces are seemingly in place: a capable cast, a powerful subject, interesting commentary, and some twists that are effective. The execution completely kills it though.
The film is almost two hours long but it feels like seventy minutes. This is usually viewed as a good thing but it's quite the opposite here. The reason the film feels so brisk is that the unfolding of the plot is completely haphazard. It seldom makes sense from scene to scene as it is just skipping around all over…
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Though she has it all, Veronika feels she's experienced everything life has to offer and wants to die. But when her suicide attempt fails and she wakes in a mental hospital with a diagnosis that she is still going to die but now has only a week to live, she begins to re-evaluate. I admit that I mainly watched this for Sarah Michelle Gellar. David Thewlis being in this is icing on that cake. Both do a great job, but I think Jonathan Tucker's part in this is even better. There's some interesting ideas presented and it feels a bit on the short side, like maybe they could have done a bit more, but it's still a fairly satisfying ending.
Not a lot makes sense but then again not a lot does about depression. Beautiful lighting throughout and a lovely portrayal of how anticlimactic a suicide attempt is. The movie is slow mimicking the tiresome journey Veronika leads in her depression.
esse é um filme muito sensível e tem um conceito muito bom, gostei muito de como lidaram com a depressão da veronika e da tentativa de suicídio dela de um jeito tão delicado e cuidadoso. a evolução dela até o final foi incrível, me deixou ainda mais ansiosa pra ler o livro. eu realmente achei que ela morreria no final e fiquei muito feliz vendo que de alguma forma ela conseguiu vencer o que tava consumindo ela e que mesmo sem saber que a saúde dela tava normal, ela escolheu deixar de lado a vida infeliz que ela tinha sendo rodeada por gente tóxica e foi viver um dia de cada vez sendo feliz, se divertindo e amando o ed.
This movie has accompanied me since I was a young teenager. Dead years in which I experienced extreme depression, felt almost no happiness, let alone compassion or love towards my family or friends. My life was a constant battle that I conducted with myself, physically and emotionally.
esse sempre vai ser um dos meus livros e filmes favoritos. sarah michelle gellar é uma atriz incrível e sua interpretação da mentalmente desequilibrado verônica me atraiu desde os primeiros momentos do filme. o monólogo dela sobre o motivo de não querer mais viver ou fazer parte dessa sociedade me puxou para dentro da mente de verônica e do próprio paulo coelho. todo o desenrolar desse filme me fascina, assim como o plot twist final.
Es ist schön Sarah Michelle Gellar mal wiederzusehen – die hat sich aus dem Kinobereich ja restlos rar gemacht. Als Comeback kann man diesen Film aber sicherlich nicht nehmen, dazu haben ihn zu wenig Leute wahrgenommen und es wird ihn sicherlich auch kaum jemand angesehen haben. Ein gutes Indiz dafür ist ebenso dass der Film zwei Jahre auf Halde gelegen hat vor Veröffentlichung. Warum ist das so? Nun, weils echt gar nichts gibt womit man den Streifen schmackhaft oder interessant gestalten kann. Eine arrogante Ziege sagt sich „Hach, das Leben ist scheiße!“ , begeht Selbstmord, überlebt, muß dann aber erfahren dass ihr trotzdem nicht allzu lange mehr bleibt zum Leben und dann entdeckt sie in dieser Phase natürlich erst Recht…
Believe it or not I’ve only recently started watching the amazing, creative and progressive television series Buffy, the vampire slayer. I was told to for years but for whatever reason I never got around to it, all I knew of star Sarah Michelle Gellar prior to watching Buffy was that she was in some pretty bad movies (Simply irresistible, Scooby-Doo, the return... ect ect). Having seen Buffy now (I just finished season 4) I can see why Gellar became such a huge star in the late 90’s early 00’s and Veronika decides to die is a good example of what a fine actress she is when given the right material.
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