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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Brain on Fire
- Main subject
- Susannah Cahalan
- Director
- Gerard Barrett
- Screenwriter
- Gerard Barrett
- Composer
- John Paesano
- Producer
- Charlize Theron
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 134985
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.brainonfiremovie.com
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2017-05-25
- title
- Brain on Fire
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Susannah Cahalan
- review score
- 13%
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