Response
Roger Ebert awarded the film with 3 and a half stars out of four and described it as a film for "anyone with a serious interest in schizophrenia or, for that matter, in film" and praised Greene's performance. The film enjoys a 90% positive score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film has been cited as a favorite by filmmaker John Waters, who presented it as his annual selection within the 2000 Maryland Film Festival.
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