Mental

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Mental

2013

1h 56m

Comedy

Drama

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After his wife is committed to a psychiatric facility, a distracted politician (Anthony LaPaglia) hires a crazy hitchhiker (Toni Collette) to take care of his five dysfunctional daughters.

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Mental is a well-acted black comedy that suffers from jarring tonal shifts and a lack of comic discipline.

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

04/18/2013

2.5/4

The heart of Hogan's film is in the right place, and Collette is masterful as an agent of anarchy.

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Tina Hassannia

Slant Magazine

03/29/2013

.5/4

Given the film's garrulous multitude of characters, one wishes they would all just shut up and sing.

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

03/29/2013

2/4

The scenery Down Under looks great and you certainly can't write off a film where Liev Schreiber plays a shark hunter.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

11/27/2019

Heart, humor and hilarity. . .and a big hunting knife! It's great to be "mental" if it means loving Mental!

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

08/09/2019

[Mental] sees Hogan once again utilizing his madcap zaniness and over the top flourishes to explore otherwise serious and emotionally heavy motifs.

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Nick Dent

Time Out Sydney

09/27/2017

4/5

There are unusual rewards for viewers willing to climb ev'ry mountain with this deranged guide.

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Maureen P

09/16/2024

Came across this film only today. I must be living under a rock. I thoroughly enjoy this film right from the start. The entire cast are awesome and well cast. Highly recommend watching well worth it 💜🩷💙❤️

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03/06/2022

Way over the top but brilliantly done the more I see this film the more I get it the use of the songs from the sound of music is excellently done so funny in places but with a deeper meaning

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10/19/2019

I love unexpected and unusual movies, this one ticked all the boxes and Toni Collette was the icing on the cake. It really was mental!

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05/07/2018

An epic masterpiece comedy-drama. T. Collette couldn't have been better.

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03/31/2018

A hilarious and touching romp. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Toni Colette wows!

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09/20/2017

The best part is when Toni Collette lights a fart. A little slow in places, but all in all, very quirky and funny movie. It's available on Netflix for streaming. I give it 3.5 stars.

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Synopsis

After his wife is committed to a psychiatric facility, a distracted politician (Anthony LaPaglia) hires a crazy hitchhiker (Toni Collette) to take care of his five dysfunctional daughters.

Director: P.J. Hogan
Producer: Janet Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Todd Fellman, Jocelyn Moorhouse
Screenwriter: P.J. Hogan
Distributor: Dada Films
Production Co: Screen Australia
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 29, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.3K
Runtime: 1h 56m

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