boy interrupted part 1 of the review (2008)

today i was bored and decided to watch a documentary on hbo called boy interrupted. its about this kid named evan who killed himself at 15. when you read a description like that you think OK WHY DID HE DO IT? so you want to know why? i dont even know..

the film was made by his parents. they seemed pretty rich. they always showed videos of them on vacation at some island all the time. they lived in new york city. it starts off talking about the kid when he was younger. he would always get his way and his parents never disciplined him. they would just say NO and act like every typical american and put him into time out. so he would just have a fit and trash the room like "keith moon in a hotel room" according to his father.

around 5 years old, he started talking about death and wanting to kill himself. he told his teacher at school about his uncles suicide and the teacher told the parents then he was put on prozac.

at one point i think around 7 years old he was playing guitar. he was singing "somebody please kill me pretty pretty please i want to die" etc etc. when i was 7, i was singing will smith songs. in kindergarten he wrote a play about someone dying. and he liked the idea about funerals that when you die everyone gathers and praises you.

later, he was kicked out of school because he went on the roof and tried to jump off. they took him to some depression school and put him on lithium. he was getting better around this time and was always happy.

as the older he got, he seemed pretty average. at times he would get his depressed mood swings but he would feel better eventually. he started bonding with friends at this prep school during 8th grade. the friends said that he always seemed like a nice kid and at times he would get moody but didnt think anything of it.

at 15 he started hating his homework (typical kid right?) and bitched about it. one night, he had a fight with his mom. he went to his room and his dad walked in and asked if everything was alright and he was on his laptop typing. his dad leaves the room and comes back 10 min later noticing hes gone. he realizes that he jumped out of the window into some shaft. so yes thats when he dies and they read his suicide note. it was typed on the laptop. it was pretty much the most typical thing a 15 year old would say about themselves. all i can say is that he acted like he was the only kid in the world who felt like no one liked him, he didnt have trustworthy friends, his parents didnt love him enough, felt ugly, felt stupid, felt unworthy.

END OF PART 1