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Brain on Fire
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7.0Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.
Released: 2017-02-2288 minDir: Gerard BarrettDrama
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Cast
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Susannah Cahalan
- Thomas Mann as Stephen Grywalski
- Richard Armitage as Tom Cahalan
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Rhona Nack
- Jenny Slate as Margo
- Tyler Perry as Richard
Themes
- new york city
- strong woman
- biography
- based on true story
- female protagonist
- hospital
- doctor
- writer
- newspaper reporter
- catatonia
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
25,040 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
13%
Metacritic
34/100
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 134985
- Official website
- www.brainonfiremovie.com
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- publication date
- 2017-05-25
- title
- Brain on Fire
- review score
- 13%
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Gallery (5)
Connections
New York Post
Entity
Brain on Fire
Entity
Canada
Country
Republic of Ireland
Country
Vancouver
Entity
British Columbia
Entity
International Standard Book Number
Entity
Netflix
Concept
IMDb
Entity
Charlize Theron
Person
schizophrenia
Entity
drama
Entity
The Washington Post
Entity
bipolar disorder
Entity
magnetic resonance imaging
Entity
Irish people
Entity
Dakota Fanning
Person
Rotten Tomatoes
Entity
encephalitis
Entity
Chloë Grace Moretz
Person
Categories
2016 American films2016 biographical drama films2016 Canadian films2016 English-language films2016 filmsAmerican biographical drama filmsBiographical films about journalistsBiographical films about writersBroad Green Pictures filmsCanadian biographical drama filmsDenver and Delilah Productions filmsDrama films based on actual eventsEnglish-language biographical drama filmsEnglish-language Canadian filmsFilms about diseases and disordersFilms about mental healthFilms based on memoirsFilms directed by Gerard BarrettFilms produced by Charlize TheronFilms scored by John PaesanoFilms set in New York CityFilms shot in VancouverIrish biographical drama filmsNetflix original films