But, I have serious faith that Moretz is going to blow this thing out of the water. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness is a 2012 New York Times best-selling autobiography by New York Post writer Susannah Cahalan. It’s tough territory for any actress - especially for one best known for cute action movies and teenage angst. FINALLY!īrain on Fire is based on the memoir of the same name by Calahan, and chronicles one woman’s decent into madness as a result of a mysterious illness. What can I say? She did such a good job!) Which is why I’m so pumped that she’s being cast in roles that will show off her serious talent. (I, personally, can’t help but see her as that walking stack of snark on 30 Rock, even though I know she’s capable of more. Sure, she’s had a little room to spread her acting wings in the roles she’s taken on more recently - but, still, some people still think of her as the cute kid in Diary of a Wimpy Kid or Hugo, or as the teenager with a scary amount of anger in the 2013 remake of Carrie. Too many good things to choose from! I mean, let’s be real, I’m probably most excited for the Moretz news, because that girl’s got serious talent and it’s time the rest of the world takes notice.
Her brain might be on fire but her film is feeling rather damp.I don’t know what I’m more excited for: the release of the film adaption of Susannah Cahalan's book, Brain on Fire, or the recent news that Chloë Grace Moretz has been cast as the lead. Moretz hopefully has an adult breakthrough role in her yet but this clearly marked awards-bait weepie is sadly not the right one. It’s a shame as the film marks Irish director Gerard Barrett’s Hollywood debut, after impressing with his gritty drama Glassland, making this feel like a film that’s the result of film-making by committee. The third act, based around trying to diagnose her affliction, is lacking in the emotional involvement and suspense that’s needed to make it soar. There’s undoubtedly a terrifying true story at the centre and it’s easy to see why the film’s producer Charlize Theron optioned the book but there’s something a little too flat in the delivery. She’s saved somewhat by a strong supporting cast, including Carrie-Ann Moss as her mother, Jenny Slate as a co-worker and Tyler Perry as her editor, delivering on his Gone Girl promise. As a child actor, her precocious nature and startling maturity made her an engaging and unique screen presence but she still relies on a slightly over-emphatic form of acting that makes the breakdown scenes here feel false.
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How hard would it be to realise you’re losing your mind when you’re living in a city as manic as New York?īut as the drama ramps up, we’re stuck firmly in dreary TV movie territory and Moretz starts to struggle with the challenges of the role.
The initial signs of trouble are convincingly played by Moretz and smartly paralleled with the frantic nature of the city around her. The world that she’s carefully built starts to fade and those around her must find out what’s at cause before it’s too late.īased on Cahalan’s firsthand memoir of struggling with a rare autoimmune disorder, the film starts in well-worn but involving territory. She’s less focused, finds it hard to sleep and her mood swings become rapidly uncontrollable. She plays journalist Susannah Cahalan, a rising star at the New York Post, who suddenly finds herself losing her grip on life. In Brain on Fire, Chloë Grace Moretz, who’s yet to find her footing as an adult actor, makes a bold plea to be accepted into the big leagues with a project that, on paper, sounds like a smart move.
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