embarrassingly earnest film; It’s the sort of role for which the Razzies were invented, and what little audience it finds will almost certainly be heckling as they watch Moretz implode
based on the bestselling memoir by Susannah Cahalan, who has obviously survived to tell the tale, it's just a shame the adaptation is so uncompromisingly bland
Barrett's docudrama is, by comparison, a straightforward, linear depiction of what Cahalan described in her book; "Brain On Fire" is often effective, and at times positively enraging
an underwhelming, half-baked endeavor, which is a shame, certainly, given the potential of the film's real-life origins and the effectiveness of its third act
by David Nusair [Reel Film Reviews ]
