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A therapist question

posted 13 years ago by surlyroo
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So we have a psychatrist that works at an asylum for the criminally insane. The psychiatrist treats patients there. She has co-workers/peers/near affairs there. Then, she commits a murder and appears to become psychotic. I'm okay to this point.

Would the legal system really place her in that facility? Would she really be allowed to roam and shower in the general population with former patients? Would Robert Downey Jr.'s character, a peer/co-worker/guy who admits he wants to have an affair with her, be her therapist? Maybe it was due to all of these absolutely inappropriate dual relationships that Halle's character was able to walk after hacking her husband to death?

[–] DomsDad 13 years ago

Short answer: No freaking way; I found that very distracting.

[–] Spixe 13 years ago

Ha, I'm a psychology graduate major and I was thinking all of this the entire time as well. Many of the relationships and treatment towards the patients were totally inappropriate and unethical as well. Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. It was a hang-up for me while watching for awhile, but eventually I got passed it as it's only a movie and made for entertainment purposes only. Nice call non-the-less.

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[–] TreeHuggerKyle 12 years ago

I made it to the fourth line of that post and gave up. It was hard to follow, and to make matters worse, you didn't say anything. Why do you write like that? That's ridiculous.

[–] imdb-5712 12 years ago

Of course she would not have been put in her own facility for all the reasons you state. However, if the movie had not done so, we would not have had the nightmare scenario. The filmmakers elided your fine legalistic points to make a movie. This plot point was necessary, I think the filmmakers did it well, and I cut them slack on the believability issue.

[–] nxgn_not_not 12 years ago

that's so so what I'm saying
maybe I should hire u 2 like translate
4 moi
so so need translation
evidently

my other other thought was
alturnate universe
Marvel universe
DC universe
H0oollllly-wood universe
they impinge on 0ther
butte they r not mine
or yers

maybe

so

made a great movie

What it is, is, what is, is. Is what it is.

[–] Noflik 12 years ago

I don't know who you are, I don't know what you're saying but your posts are comedy gold!

[–] nxgn_not_not 12 years ago

so so thanx
won tries
& shum get so p i s s y
about a little phun

primo intuitu

so so had peeps rant & scream
send me all kind nasty
try 2
make me so so sad

o & as 2 the thread
point is
there's gotta b a few twists
or u don have a movie

I'm like watching
the breed
so so sad
& they r like driving around in this car with the window down
while being attacked by hyper intelligent dawgs
if they roll the window up
there is no mmoooooooooooooovie
so they gotta have the window down
drove me crazy

might go c the new TCMassacre
though
sum times u know what u r gettin

What it is, is, what is, is. Is what it is.

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[–] kjr20032003 12 years ago

I think Honey Boo Boo made an IMDB accout.

[–] bellz9113 12 years ago

Omg best response ever seen on IMDB goes to you, dear sir.

[–] leobourne 12 years ago

I thought the same when the questions became personal during sessions. But because the film was traveling with good pace, it overshadowed the flaws and becomes enjoyable...

[–] bondagegirldi 12 years ago

Re-watching the movie...the only possible (although unlikely) reason that could happen would be that it is the only Psychiatric Hospital for the Criminally Insane in the same jurisdiction where the murder was committed? But I still there would be a conflict of interest.

[–] angelexposed 11 years ago

This bothered me a bit, but I had to wonder if the reason she had been incarcerated in this institution is because (I think this was mentioned?) she was catatonic, therefore, was probably in her cell most of the time solitarily staring into space.

I can see them putting her there if they don't expect her to "wake" from this kind of state. After she wakes, I figured eventually they would have had her transferred following the trial they were trying to rush.

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[–] angryskorpion-44260 8 years ago

I was a Deputy Sheriff (jail officer) who got arrested some time ago. They took me to the detention center in the next county for the same reasons that you brought up. It's almost the same job if you think about it. And equally as dangerous.