Ruminations

Ruminations was a Year 9 film about a teenager stuck in a psych ward who began to hear voices and give them identities.

Cast
Eric Per Sullivan (dewey from malcolm in the middle), Kurt Russell, Jodie Foster, Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller, Robin Williams

Plot
A 19-year old boy (Sullivan) is unable to sleep after having a bad reaction to Prednisone, known for having a lot of reactions. His parents (Russell and Foster) try to be supportive, but his mom becomes irate as he insists he hates her. After three days of this, he is placed in the psych ward, constant noises creating virtual stories playing in his head, where every noise in there is someone from his past talking about him. Carrey and Stiller are two of the attendants at the psych ward, and Robin Williams has a cameo providing many different voices. there would be filmography to show the difference between what is really happening and what's going on in his mind. I see this as a late release hoping for Oscar push. A little bit like clockwork orange, but more focused on the one kid. he believes that the attendants have convinced everyone to take new names and identities in the psych ward, and at one point he believes he has identified one of the other patients as someone from junior high school and tries to convince him of his real name and identity.

Reception
The film did very well at the box office, going 25/88 and more than doubling its $40m budget. Due to a good run and the weakness of the box office in October and November, it stayed in the top 10 for seven weeks straight.