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Welcome to Me (2015)

May. 01,2015
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5.9
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R
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A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.

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ThiefHott
2015/05/01

Too much of everything

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Nessieldwi
2015/05/02

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

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Taraparain
2015/05/03

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

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Zandra
2015/05/04

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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shenalireshini
2015/05/05

This was one of the worst movies I have seen. I felt the movie was a waste of time.The comedy in this movie is EXTREMELY deadpan, not an actual comedy movie, but rather someone who poured in money to get a movie up just like Alice did by buying her own tv show. Waste of time and leaves you feeling very crappy at the end of the movie. I suppose people who can relate to this situation IRL will appreciate the movie due to relatibility but for anyone else trying to enjoy a comedy movie, this is a horrible HORRIBLE movie. Not your typical funny movie to leave you with a light heart feeling great at the end. I regret every second I spent watching this movie thinking it would get better because Kristin Wiig was in it. Nope, it didnt. I think I lost interest in watching any of her movies moving forward.

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Dr Qua (SpaceOctopus)
2015/05/06

The director & writer should be ashamed of this film. All it does is spread MORE misinformation, misrepresent a horribly excruciating problem, and on top of that, exploits those with it.This is not even close to an accurate depiction of BPD, and this film will only do one thing- further stigmatize this horrible affliction, making people even more hateful & cruel, which is already a bad enough problem right now.Their complete misunderstanding of the disorder is nauseating. Don't see this movie. Don't see any movie about a character with BPD, because it has always been done ridiculously poorly & has stigmatized those with it further. To a huge degree.If you want to actually learn a bit about it, go to Wikipedia, and you will find a very accurate detailing of the disorder, without bias, prejudice or ignorance.

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Charles Herold (cherold)
2015/05/07

Welcome to Me is a distinctly odd movie about a woman with a boderline personality disorder diagnosis and millions of dollars in lottery winnings who decides to have a vanity TV show all about her. It's an interesting idea, and it kept my attention, but I feel it wasn't quite the movie it might have been.First off I'd like to talk about borderlines, because I've known a couple. Googling around I've found a few articles describing this movie as either a good or bad portrayal of BPD. Since BPD simply means you exhibit a large number of traits from a list (impulsivity, self-harm, etc.), Alice is acceptable as a borderline. And since being borderline can exist with other conditions, like depression or narcissism, you can't really complain about less typical borderline behavior.That being said, Alice doesn't seem like borderlines I've known, and lacks some commonly known BPD qualities. For example, borderlines are often very good at feigning normalcy. I once saw a BPD friend, ranting and raving after sneaking out of a psyche ward and trying to kill herself, instantly become calm and rational when the cops came to check on her. Many psychiatrists don't like working with borderlines because they can feel tricked when that patient convinces their doctor that they're fine now right before a suicide attempt. Alice, on the other hand, is just purely odd. And her oddness seems to come entirely from her mental illness. It is as though Kristen Wiig was so concerned with getting the symptoms right that she never thought about who Alice would be without her mental illness. But in truth, people with mental illnesses have traits that have nothing to do with being mentally ill (although some psychiatrists do try to fit everything about their patients into their diagnosis).Because of this, Alice is an interesting character but not a really compelling one. Meanwhile, the intriguing premise never quite gels. Is the movie a satire of celebrity and our fascination with trashy talk shows? Is it an attempt to portray mental illness? Is it an attempt to get laughs out of mental illness? I never really felt this movie had a vision, or a point of view. Like the main character, the story feels like it's a bunch of ideas stuck together rather than a cohesive drama.While the movie feels a little undercooked, I did enjoy it. Wiig may seem more like a mildly autistic narcissist than a borderline, and the story may feel unsubstantial, but it is amusing to watch Alice create her entirely peculiar show and get into weird dietary fixations. The movie may not make a coherent whole, but the pieces are pretty good in themselves.

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ccorrente-1
2015/05/08

First things first: Kristen Wiig's performance is nothing short of masterful. The story pace was neither too fast nor slow, and the supporting actors were superbly cast. Although ostensibly about a woman's struggle with childhood trauma and subsequent mental/emotional illness, all in all it is really about the true trials of friendship and alienation in familial relationships, as evidenced by the fact that Alice's father has NO dialogue with her AT ALL. I loved seeing Joan Cusack in a supporting role reminiscent of her stellar performance in "Broadcast News", esp. when she utters the words 'nervous breakdown' during the first production meeting scene.This film is worth watching even if only for Wiig's performance -- she's truly amazing in this sadly over-looked independent production.Kudos to all involved in the making of "Welcome to Me".

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