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Welcome to Me
She bought 100 episodes of airtime just to be understood. What she actually needed was to say sorry to the friend who stayed.
Who it's for
Most films that feature borderline personality disorder make the character a threat; Welcome to Me makes Alice Klieg awkward, funny, hurt and sympathetic instead.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Welcome to Me is a 2014 comedy-drama directed by Shira Piven and written by Eliot Laurence. Kristen Wiig plays Alice Klieg, a woman with a mental illness who lives on disability benefits and wins an $86 million lottery jackpot. She stops taking her medication and uses some of her winnings to fund a talk show about herself, also called Welcome to Me.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Mental health crisis; graphic nudity.
Age: R (sexual content, some graphic nudity, language, brief drug use)
Much of your pain is self-chosen.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Pain”
