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Helen

Drama

Helen

6.5(67) 11/26/2009 2h 0m
Drama

On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.

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Top Cast

Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd

Helen

Goran Višnjić

Goran Višnjić

David

Lauren Lee Smith

Lauren Lee Smith

Mathilda

Alexia Fast

Alexia Fast

Julie

Alberta Watson

Alberta Watson

Dr. Sherman

Leah Cairns

Leah Cairns

Susanna

David Hewlett

David Hewlett

Frank

David Nykl

David Nykl

John

Directed by

Sandra Nettelbeck

Production

Reviews

BornKnight

6/10

11/8/2023

This movie was mostly a tough watch because it is something I lived with - the great and only part that deserves a view and that give to it a 3 stars is the performance of Ashley Judd and actress than than Jean and Marilyn series, didn't shine of so many movies. Her role is just pure anguish to someone that had similar diagnoses to the ones that her character pass on the movie (Major Depression with psychotic symptoms and a light bipolar disturb). Probably her best role in any work she had done, that shows easily the anguish, sometimes semeling without cause and the masks we have to use dya thought day to be in a "normal" life. Also it have and explanation as Judd (and multi-activist) herself had major depression thought her life that isn't something that you can "cure" overnight, yo

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