Unsane [DVD]

Alot of what the other viewers stated as unrealistic they were correct about, but contrary to the one statement made that someone cannot commit you for saying you dislike life sometimes; actually, yes they can. Falsification of an involuntary hold happens all the time, and there was one hospital that was entrapping patients in my city by getting them to come in for an outpatient appointment and then the psychiatrist would exaggerate what they said in his notes and then have staff corner them and take them across the street to the inpatient hospital, by force if need be. The hospital was a chain owned by a big corporation and eventually what they were doing to get paid came out in the news. There were out of court settlements and the chain got into some trouble for falsification to the insurance companies.There are some very sociopathic people working in those places all the way up the chain of command. I worked as an independent advocate for many years and have seen just about everything from sexual abuse, to white collar fraud, inappropriate restraint, forced drugging, people's children taken away because of false statements in patients' records, people held as political prisoners, sabotage of people's court hearings, inappropriate and exploitative relationships that continued outside the hospital, and even murder swept under the rug. You see things you can never unsee when you are in the advocacy field.This movie brought back alot of memories of those days and it had my heart pounding. I think it did a very good job of portraying how such experiences can make a person question their own sanity and what's real and what's not because sometimes life really is stranger than fiction and makes you do a double-take. One can really develop PTSD from having those kinds of experiences, so I can see where it may have changed the main character in this story and made her a different person than she had been previously because she had to do certain things to survive that she never thought she was capable of.There were certain scenes that obviously were exaggerated for effect and shock value, but I think it was a kind of artistic license to get us to see things from her point of view. No real psychiatric unit houses men and women sleeping in the same room, but they probably did that just to illustrate the total lack of boundaries in that setting. There is a whole different culture in such places and that may have been a way to drive that point home.

Truth: I know what a mental hospital is like, and this movie undoubtedly raises mental illness stigma and the stigma of hospitalizations in mental health facilities. And that's never a positive thing. That being said, Unsane isn't a terrible movie, and it's suspenseful and thrilling. Even for those who may not like it, it's hard to stop watching, particularly because Claire Foy's compelling lead performance demands attention. Boy is she believable. The tension in this movie is raw and dramatic, and the crew got plenty of the reality of a real mental hospital correct. You know, minus most of the really scary, stalker-serial killer stuff, and the super low-tech method of medicine dispensing.You can stop reading here if you want, or keep reading to know more about mental hospitals.Unsane kept up my interest for sure, because much of it WAS believable. Mental hospitals ARE ruled by the rules of your health insurance, and doctors CAN institutionalize you if they believe you are a harm to yourself or others. Once you're inside, many patients believe they don't belong there and will respond with anger, bewilderment, denial and disbelief. But mostly anger. They will demand to be let out, but there are rules guarding against that, in case you actually are a threat. There is a 48 or 72 (one of the two, but could differ state to state) time period where you can sign a form to be discharged immediately, and wait for a judge to allow it. But it's not the smart thing to do, particularly since it causes them to see you as even more of a threat. And an aggravated one at that. So in extreme cases you can be commited in an involuntary ward. In most cases, the patient backs down and calms down, realizing that sometimes it's best to make the most out of the situation.Even if you're not ready to leave once your week stay is up, many insurance companies force you out, which is really unfair. The administration and doctors can fight on your behalf to stay, which can work, but not always. It's a really cold and dismissive method by insurance who care about the dolla dolla bills. On the good side, plenty of mental hospitals do help stabilize people (their job is not to "fix" you), although they tend to overmedicate drastically.Also, there is no hospital that would lock you in a bedroom full of other female AND male patients at night. There is more privacy than that. On the other hand, they do a strip search and all that in the beginning to see your scars, cuts, tattoos, etc. and to make sure you're not hiding stuff on you. Mental health is important and sometimes it's best not to do it all by yourself- it's vital to receive help when you're struggling because obviously something you're doing isn't working. Listen. Learn. Heal. Be well.♡Anyway, I enjoyed the flick. The stalker guy wasn't believable to me but he also isn't a bad actor so I'm not really sure. But Claire Foy MADE this whole thing work. Kudos to her.

Frustratingly inaccurate. But a good story could have been great with a few plot changes. With our spoiling the story can’t give much more away but stuff that would not actually ever ever happen in real life. Situations etc

Great film and actor lm very happy with the seller and product

Watching Unsane makes you feel like Sawyer (Claire Foy) that you’re losing your grip on reality. Starts off slow though tension starts to builds up throughout the film. It’s filmed on an IPhone so the quality of the film looks like a B movie instead of a big blockbuster type of film. Twists and turns along the way. The suspense is in watching if what Sawyer is going through is real or not.

BORINGthe first half.Than picks up a bit but was expecting a better story.

Claire Foy does an amazing job with this little horror thriller, well worth a watch.

A bit pants