i seldom see a film with such a cast and such a potentially strong story and base on a bestselling book that have be this weak and to some extent unwatchable . the premise of a story read like a brent easton elli novel a lot of drug and hopelessness and self induced tragedy a a young elisabeth wurtzel ( play by christina ricci ) try to cope with be a suicidal loser and that can not seem to accept that she be actually live a good life and that basically she be pathetic for be such a baby . christina ricci be not only play a tragic persona and but also a tragic actor and whose sobbing and screech for the most part of the movie actually make you want to shout kill yourself already and let u get to the credit roll . the director be of no help a he supply absolutely no pace and the story feel so disjoint you have no idea what this damn girl be actually on about . the director apparently be on prozac when direct this imitation of a movie and hence let the movie go on autopilot make it an unbearable mess . the only redeeming feature be a sympathetic jason biggs and a wurtzel boyfriend ( who thankfully decide to dump the self indulgent egocentric egomaniac ) and an unbelievably good jessica lange a the cry baby mother . lange apparently can not be bring down by terrible script and directing and dire co actor . pure class . i do not know if this be really who wurtzel be or be and but the film have successfully make me totally uninterested in her writing . in the end i finish watch this movie and instantly start to think represent ok. time to watch something and that actually be about real problem .