Cult Canadian director Bruce McDonald's adaptation of Maureen Medved's novel is a bold formalist experiment: After shooting the screenplay -- adapted by Medved herself -- McDonald and editors Jermiah and Gareth C. Scales slice, dice, split and otherwise fragmented the screen into tiny shards and frames within frames in an effort to capture the disintegrating psyche of its heroine: An emotionally distraught Winnipeg high-school student. The experiment works surprisingly well, thanks in large part to its star, Ellen Page.
In a sense, the entire film takes place inside the mind of Tracey Berkowitz (Page), a picked-on, put-upon 15-year-old who, wrapped in a bed...
Released:
2007
Rated:
NR
Length:
77 mins