Manic

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest without Nicholson. A troubled teen avoids jail by entering a mental institution for adolescents. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Don Cheadle keep this scrappy indie afloat.

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Jordan Melamed directed Manic in 2001. See Jordan Melamed's full filmography, where to start with Jordan Melamed, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jordan Melamed.

Manic was released in 2001 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 102 minutes.