While watching Girl, Interrupted I was reminded of a particular movie we studied in high school, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The films were both based off of controversial novels. Not only do both films take place in mental institutions, but both main characters also form strong bonds with the other patients. Ryder is put into the institution because she tries to commit suicide, while the ward welcomes Nicholson because of his deranged behavior in jail. The main characters in the films both seem to be the most sane at the institutions they are staying at, but they poke at the idea of what 'sanity' really means. Although the films were shot at different times and places, it is interesting to note that One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is set in a male ward and Girl, Interrupted focuses on a female ward. After analyzing both films, I have come to the conclusion that while there were distinct differences between males and females and their roles in society, it didn't matter in either film what gender an insane person was. No matter their race, age, or gender, crazy people were placed at the bottom of the totem pole in a class of their own.
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