The first must-see film of the year.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

This is a very interesting movie and for all the people criticising and hating this film, well they are just too dumb to understand it. Especially when they find out what is wrong with Susannah and then they treat her, it is just an amazing feeling. Also you know this is based on a true story which makes you feel more sympathetic towards Susannah. I would definitely recommend this movie and also the book.

While the incident was a rare and fascinating one, I felt that there could have been a lot more depth to the actual script. The acting was well done, but I felt like I learned little about this disease and it truly a fascinating and terrible one. The bulk of the screen time was devoted to the main character's break with reality and only the last 20 minutes or so was spent from the time she has the biopsy and recovers. Up until the last ten minutes, Susannah was still recovering from surgery.I would have liked to know more about the disease. What causes it? Is it hereditary? How is it related to regular epilepsy. Besides the small bit showing her walking with a can, the Physical therapy process could have been brought in more. Because there were not many peaks and valleys in the storyline it came off pretty flat for me.

I'm confused by the negative reviews some people have written. I get that this film may not be to everyone's liking and I'm sure the book is incredible - but I feel the film really should be more recognised and appreciated. It's such an important subject that more people need to be aware of. I had no idea about the condition or what this poor journalist (and so many other people) have suffered through. The scary part is the many cases that probably went undiagnosed in the past. I thought the acting was top notch and that the story was both frightening and compelling. All the cast stood out in their roles but I found Chloe Grace Moretz and Carrie-Anne Moss truly mesmerising. This film stuck with me for some time after. I have recommended it to a lot of people because it's not just a good film - it's educating everyone about a disease which could so easily be missed because of the symptoms mirroring other issues. Please do give it a chance if you haven't seen it yet. I, personally, thought it was fantastic.

I watched this with a group of people and we all liked it. We did think that the acting was poor in some scenes. But Chloë Grace Moretz did an amazing job showing what Suzzanah went through. It's one of those movies that has you guessing till the very end.