A very good movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, to be honest, I have to admit that I didn't remember much about it so it was definitely worth it to watch it again after all these years. First of all, I have to mention that, even though it was a critical success, I actually had a hard time to care for ‘Sweetie’, Campion’s directing debut (it is actually also available on Netflix so I will also give it another shot pretty soon). However, I really enjoyed this 2nd directing effort though. I have to admit that I never heard of Janet Frame before watching this movie and, this time, it did actually slighly bother me that I was supposed to be fascinated by her life story while I still didn't have read a single line of her work, even after all these years (the fact that I barely read nowadays probably doesn't help though). Anyway, even if it was maybe nothing really ground-breaking after all, I thought it was still a really strong story though. Indeed, I have always been interested in movies dealing with mental illness and this movie might be one of the best I have seen about this subject. By the way, even though it was awful that she was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia, I have to admit that her behaviour did display some symptoms linked to this disease by what was the matter with her after all? Well, maybe she was just rather odd and asocial and not much more than that but the movie eventually never really went much further than this. Still, there is no doubt that Kerry Fox, in her acting debut, gave here such a strong performance. Seriously, she was pretty much pitch-perfect. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, to conclude, even though it seems to be rather forgotten nowadays, I thought it was a very interesting biopic and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Jane Campion’s work.