Movie
Manic
68%
Audience score124 votes on TMDB
“You can't escape yourself.”
In lieu of prison, Lyle, a violent adolescent, is placed in a juvenile mental institution where he encounters a group of equally troubled teens. This motley crew—abused, sexually confused, violent, and yet hanging on by their grit and anger—becomes Lyle's last lifeline as he fights to find meaning in a world that seems to defy understanding.
- Director
- Jordan Melamed
- Screenplay
- Blayne Weaver
- Screenplay
- Jordan Melamed
- Screenplay
- Michael Bacall
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 22/11/2002
- Original language
- English
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