Michael O'Neil

Manic -- After badly beating a classmate, Lyle is committed to an institution where he learns there is a thin line between 'sane' and 'insane.' Don Cheadle stars as the mental hospital's teen counselor.

Filmed in cinema verité style with a handheld camera, Jordan Melamed's unsettling ensemble drama follows teenager Lyle Jensen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) as he's committed to the juvenile ward of a mental institution after brutally beating another boy. There, he encounters a pack of equally lost souls, including a girl who hurts herself (Zooey Deschanel), a 12-year-old child molester (Cody Lightning) and a bipolar teen planning an escape (Michael Bacall).

After badly beating a classmate, Lyle is committed to an institution where he learns there is a thin line between 'sane' and 'insane.' Don Cheadle stars as the mental hospital's teen counselor.

After badly beating a classmate, Lyle is committed to an institution where he learns there is a thin line between 'sane' and 'insane.' Don Cheadle stars as the mental hospital's teen counselor.