# Manic (2001)

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**Runtime**: 102 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Jordan Melamed
**Written by**: Michael Bacall, Blayne Weaver, Jordan Melamed
**Starring**: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don Cheadle, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Bacall, Elden Henson, Cody Lightning

> *You can't escape yourself.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: gut-punch, raw

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