The
Voices was a movie I decided to watch for two simple reasons. The first being that
Ryan Reynolds was in it and the second reason was that it is a movie about
mental illness and I like to see how accurate they are about the illness they
are showing. I got a kick out of this movie. It made me laugh and at the same
time it made me cringe. I’d like to say that everyone would love to see this
but I know that that is far from the truth.
Jerry,
Ryan Reynolds, is just your average factory worker. He goes to the company
picnic. He falls for the pretty girl in the office. He gets yelled at by his
cat when he goes home at night. His dog keeps telling him not to listen to the
cat. He even kills the pretty girl and keeps her head in his fridge……..Hmmm………wait
a minute…………..Nope I guess Jerry isn’t just your average factory worker.
The Voices
is a movie about schizophrenia and while it does show a pretty extreme side of
it it does seem that they did their homework. Most people hear schizophrenia
and they think of a person with multiple personalities, but I’ve got a little
secret for the world, multiple personality disorder is actually a disorder all
its own. Schizophrenia is noted by a person hearing disembodied voices, hearing other
people’s thoughts, or even the person can see things that are not really there.
This movie covers these symptoms and more that are for more extreme cases. The
thing that the writer, Michael R. Perry, did not look into was the medication.
All anti psychotics take at least 5 days to get into the system, so this means
that when Jerry takes the pills and goes to sleep for a couple hours he shouldn’t
have noticed such a drastic change in his world. But I guess if we would have
had to wait for 5 whole days before we saw the change it wouldn’t have been as jarring
of an experience. The acting in this movie was really up there in skill. They
took Ryan Reynolds, a confident person, and had him play a timid twitchy man.
He did it amazingly. It was nothing like in Southland Tales when The Rock had
to play a scared, nervous guy and all he would do is twiddle his fingers
together and blink a lot. Ryan Reynolds actually came across as a normal guy
with a problem. Then there was Anna Kendrick who also had the awkward role. She
had always been shown as the leading lady, but in this movie she isn’t even the
first pick for Jerry. The movie also had a different way of doing its music.
The songs that Jerry hears and sings are just about his mood. There’s the happy
song and the crying song, they simply sing about how Jerry feels at that
particular moment in the movie. This movie is described as a dark comedy, but I
would have to argue that it is a bit darker than it is comedic. There are definitely
moments that make you laugh in this movie but there are far more that make you
cringe and want to look away or plug your ears. It’s still a decent movie to
watch and it can give you a look into what it is like to live with
schizophrenia. It of course is not a movie for the faint of heart but if you
have the stomach for it you should definitely check it out.
Are the voices in your head telling you anything about this movie? Well maybe you should give them a little more information before you make your decision about this movie. So here watch the trailer.
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