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Fear of rain
Fear of rain













fear of rain

A Surprisingly Positive Depiction of Mental Illnessįear of Rain deserves props for making an effort to demystify schizophrenia while also making the disorder an integral part of a disturbing plot. and Katherine Siegl play concerned and frustrated parents, but have no other layers to them. McConnell has a stereotypical creepiness from her initial close-up, making us realize from the get-go that something is off with her. The other characters in the film are somewhat cliched and flat by comparison. He too is an outcast at his school, but for him it’s because of his obscure, intellectual interests and social awkwardness. The other noteworthy performance is by Israel Broussard as the awkward Caleb. She shows us how there’s no clear divide between a normal state of mind and a delusional one, as her delusions worsen her perception of events even when those events are extremely troubling. But she effectively shows the tumult of Rain’s most disturbed psychoses and also the shifts between normalcy and paranoia. Madison Iseman has the toughest job in the film of portraying the nuances of schizophrenia. The performances in the film are all solid, though not groundbreaking. McConnell’s class, the two bond and team up to get to the bottom of what’s going on in the teacher’s house, if anything. When she meets a boy named Caleb ( Israel Broussard) in Ms. As the mystery presents itself, she meets with doubt from her parents and struggles with being isolated from her catty peers. McConnell is hiding a dark secret that Rain desperately wants to uncover. McConnell’s ( Eugenie Bondurant) house and begins to believe the woman kidnapped the child.ĭespite Rain’s persistent uncertainty about what she’s may or may not be hallucinating, she’s steadfast in her belief that Ms. The momentary tranquility ends when Rain sees a little girl behind the attic window of her neighbor and teacher, Ms. Her parents, Michelle ( Katherine Heigl) and John ( Harry Connick Jr.), struggle to deal with their daughter’s issues, and once she’s home and on a new medication regimen, life seems to be more settled and peaceful. The chase turns out to be a vivid hallucination that’s part of a psychotic breakdown, and when she comes out of it, she finds she’s been involuntarily committed. Synopsis of Fear of Rainįear of Rain opens with a classic, horror-style chase through the woods, with Rain ( Madison Iseman) being pursued by a dark figure.

fear of rain

Fear of Rain does a solid job of creating a suspenseful atmosphere with its protagonist, Rain, who suffers from schizophrenia, while also drawing attention to the stigmas that surround people with such disorders.ĭespite its occasional clumsiness and reliance on cliches, it provides its audience with an engaging mystery and successfully does what a psychological thriller should do: it puts us in a position where we experience some of what Rain is going through as we question what is real in the film and what’s not.

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Movie depictions of mental illness don’t often come with much accuracy, let alone sensitivity.















Fear of rain