# Movies that portray mental illness

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**Created:** [July 12, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-portray-mental-illness/546357 "2010-07-12T03:24:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-portray-mental-illness/546357/81 "2010-07-22T14:22:02Z")

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> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#):
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> Note that the protagonist was a real person. He was not synesthetic, although I have read a couple of blog items from people with synesthesia who said that the sequence in the movie accurately depicts what they experience.
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> I can’t imagine I’m the only person who initially thought this was referring to [28 Days Later](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_days_later).

Well, technically both films would be appropriate for this forum.

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**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-portray-mental-illness/546357/82 "2010-07-23T20:34:29Z")

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There is a recent (2007) BBC tv movie called [Recovery](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_%28TV_drama%29) starring David Tennant dealing with the rehabilitation of a man recovering from brain injury. It was fairly realistic. One of the reviews in the linked Wiki article calls it “the best thing Tennant’s ever done.”

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