Brain on Fire

"If you're going to ask an audience to accompany your lead character down a disorienting spiral of memory lapses, paranoid episodes, manic mood swings, hallucinations and debilitating fatigue, it's generally a good idea to make them care about her first" 

"A laughable portrait of a young woman suffering from a mysterious ailment" 

"[It] is disappointingly more conventional than daring (...) 'Brain On Fire' is often effective, and at times positively enraging" 

"The true story of a journalist’s struggle with a rare brain disease has initial promise but soon descends into well-worn soap (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)" 

"While Cahalan’s ordeal may make for a compelling book, it does not, on the evidence of this picture, seem particularly suited to cinema."