The film follows the harrowing experience of a writer struggling with a rare neurological disease from when she first suffers symptoms to the many attempts at diagnosing it and the eventual discovery of the real cause of her illness. Based on the book, 'Brain On Fire', the true story of Susannah Cahalan, a journalist for the New York Post.... (Full plot summary below)
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The film follows the harrowing experience of a writer struggling with a rare neurological disease from when she first suffers symptoms to the many attempts at diagnosing it and the eventual discovery of the real cause of her illness. Based on the book, 'Brain On Fire', the true story of Susannah Cahalan, a journalist for the New York Post.
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| The New Paper (Singapore)Joanne SohOne of those rare films that help spread awareness of a disease which many wouldn't have heard of. |
| Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyWe watch Chloe Grace Moretz's epic meltdown from a bored distance, until the drama remembers its lost calling as a disease-of-the-week movie. At that point, we receive the abrupt news of a cure with an indifferent shrug. |
| DeciderJoe ReidThis one falls short on pretty much every level, from the acting to the pacing to the tone. It's the kind of movie that does a billion little irritating things that add up to something worse. |
| Den of GeekAlec BojaladBrain on Fire is like a virus itself, trying to infect an otherwise interest story with its own mediocre movie clichés. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...a fairly compelling premise that's employed to consistently underwhelming effect by writer/director Gerard Barrett... |
| GuardianBenjamin LeeAs the drama ramps up, we're stuck firmly in dreary TV movie territory and Moretz starts to struggle with the challenges of the role. |
| The Daily DotKahron SpearmanDespite its best efforts... Brain on Fire is a 90-minute shrug. |
| Common Sense MediaRenee SchonfeldBrain condition ravages young reporter's life; swearing. |
| South China Morning PostEdmund LeeThe true-life medical drama is less likely to bring awareness to a very rare autoimmune disorder than it is to be consumed as a low-rent imitator of Safe, Todd Haynes' 1995 parable. |
| The Straits Times (Singapore)John LuiThe medical misfire Brain On Fire is based on a true story and apparently its producers thought this was sufficient reason to breathe life into the project. It is not. |
