Manic (2003)

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Love the Hard Way

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Rating: R

Release Date: Apr 25, 2003

Running Time: 100 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don Cheadle, Blayne Weaver, Elden Henson, Michael Bacall, Zooey Deschanel, Adrienne Rollo, Maggie Baird, Lydell M Cheshier, Roxie Fuller

director: Jordan Melamed

Manic

Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital, Lyle encounters a group of adolescents struggling with a variety of illnesses. The troubled teens are under the watchful eye of their psychiatrist, Dave, a reformed drug addict. As these complex youths fight to overcome a series of emotionally charged events we are constantly reminded of the line that separates them from their "sane" friends in suburban lives.

A violent teen is forced to confront his issues of rage and frustration when he is placed in a juvenile mental institution against his will.

Story

It's Anger Management without the comedy, or One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest without Jack Nicholson. Sounds cheerful, eh? Lyle (Third Rock From the Sun's Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a quiet but rage-filled 17-year-old, is committed to a juvenile mental institution when he beats some kid senseless with a baseball bat after being teased relentlessly. Unlike…