PROZAC NATION

Cristina Ricci was really on a roll in the early Aughts, rocketing past her child-actor upbringing and landing amazing, provocative adult roles in indies like 200 CIGARETTES, PECKER, BUFFALO '66, PUMPKIN and this harrowing 2001 biopic of author Elizabeth Wurtzel. When talented young writer Elizabeth earns a Harvard scholarship, she sees it as her escape from the pressures of her working-class background. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation's struggle through divorce, drugs, sex, and high expectations.