In this off-beat psycho-drama, Denis Leary slowly comes to the realization he is being kept in a state psychiatric institution for reasons that are both confusing to both him AND the audience. Under the watchful eye of Dr. Ann Johnson (Hope Davis), Leary careens from one flashback to another.
He is convinced that his short, ill-fated marriage, the death of his father, and his drinking binges somehow unhinged him. But can those items explain the paranoia he suffers about a coma, cryosurgery, and a conspiracy to keep him under Government control?
The relationship between patient and doctor plods along slowly, and there are some holes in the logic that continue to badger even the most casual film critic. However, in the final analysis, Leary and Davis are appealing as a tragic couple. There is that confrontation with the truth at the end that makes any of us ask, "What is sanity... and to whom should we trust this sanity?"
He is convinced that his short, ill-fated marriage, the death of his father, and his drinking binges somehow unhinged him. But can those items explain the paranoia he suffers about a coma, cryosurgery, and a conspiracy to keep him under Government control?
The relationship between patient and doctor plods along slowly, and there are some holes in the logic that continue to badger even the most casual film critic. However, in the final analysis, Leary and Davis are appealing as a tragic couple. There is that confrontation with the truth at the end that makes any of us ask, "What is sanity... and to whom should we trust this sanity?"