Award winners Christina Ricci ('Cursed', 'Monster') and Jessica Lange ('Big Fish', 'Rob Roy') star in this emotionally charged true story about a journey into excess! When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel (Ricci) earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex and high expectations! Based on the best-selling autobiographical novel, 'Prozac Nation' also stars Michelle Williams ('The Station Agent'), Anne Heche ('John Q'), Jason Biggs ('Jersey Girl') and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers ('Bend It Like Beckham').
Synopsis: Elizabeth Wurtzel (Christina Ricci) is a talented writer and recent high school graduate whom earns a scholarship to Harvard University which she hopes will be a changes in her life to get away from her overbearing and obnoxious mother and her troubled childhood involving her parents divorce and loneliness. But upon arrival, Elizabeth's problems only begin with unable to keep up with her studies, her classes, and balance her free time, she becomes addicted to Prozac, a form of anti-depressants pills, which makes her life even more complicated as she struggles to emotionally and physically get through her first year at college.