I don't think it would have made a stronger point for her to die at all. I think the ending is beautiful, especially the moment between her and her dad. That hit me harder than her death ever would have.
Probate court, where a person is determined to need guardianship, is not like regular court and is closed to the public. The "hearing" scene is not at all accurate.
For two years I was in the company of a young woman like Nancy. To have real contact with her was impossible. She seemed to live under a bell jar. It looked like her personality had imploded. She almost died. What made her decide to live I still don't know.
@HokeyKokeyy You can. I mean, it's individual. And maybe she felt ashamed or guilty and she wanted to prove to her family that she wanted to try. Who knows how much she really ate...
@HokeyKokeyy Except that's not what happened. What happened was she was making a tremendous amount of effort to move forward. She forced herself to eat that bagel. It wasn't a nonchalant whim at all.
CAN SOMEONE PLZ HELP? i have done a lot on research on anorexia but i still don't understand how they dont get hungry? i mean you must get hungry and lack energy and not be able to do stuff? dont they ever get such a crazy pain in their stomach they just need to eat?
Seemed like a spoilt ungrateful little brat to me, some people would do anything to have a family who cares about them that much. That said, glad she didn't die in the end, at least she sorted her shit out right at the last minute.
Tracey Gold (the actress who played Nancy) was suffering from anorexia at the time of this film. It was filmed backwards. Tracey actually has a book called "Room to Grow" and a charity to help families set up interventions and to help girls who cannot afford treatment to get it
what have we learned from this movie? eating disorders originate from conceivably nothing, except for maybe depressed stares off into the distance, and the only way an e.d. patient will be able to see the light is to get a court order for them to be hospitalized. how original and down to earth and realistic this movie is. :/
@36770sam this is a great movie. one of the best out there about EDs imho. it is pretty realistic (i mean not necessarily the court part) but the emotions behind all the charecters in the movie are very true to form.
@cantescape15 It's not that im trying to be cool you idiot. It would just make a better point if she died in the end, just saying. Btw you know its not for real? :S
Tracey Gold had a highly publicized battle with anorexia in 1991 and 1992, about 2 years before this movie was made which explains her small size and her ability to fully understand what the character was going thorough. Its one of those things that only someone who has suffered through it can truly understand
One car ride made her decide she changed her mind about something like that? I get that it was on the way to court and she realized it was getting to *the moment*-- but still, it seemed like a pretty convenient time to have an ephiphany.
I love how she looks out at life and seems to realize that she's missing so much...
That's enough to bring you back to reality. When all your time is spent on food and not eating, counting calories, excercise to the point where it's all consuming, you gotta realize it's taking over!! You just have to hit your "bottom"
SO WE ARE NEVER EMPTY, WE ALL NEED TO FEEL OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN, WITH THE LOVE OF GOD. GOD BLESS THE CHILDREN AND ALL THE PEOPLE. GOD SAYS IF ANYONE COMES TO HIM SEEKING HIM WITH THEIR WHOLE HEARTS, IN NO WISE WILL GOD TURN YOU AWAY. PRAISE BE TO GOD, JESUS AND THE PRECIOUS HOLY SPIRIT ALWAYS. THEY GIVE LIFE IT'S PURPOSE. LOVE YOU TRINITY ALWAYS!!!!!!
Every one needs to teach their children God's HOly and awesome word, so that they know that God loves them and Jesus paid a great price for them and the Lord has a purpose for their lives. Teach the children to pray and ask the Holy Spirit, to pray with them. NO one can love us like the LOrd can. People need to know that they are loved not just by people but by an awesome God. God Bless
@crycry151 dont force your religion on us. god doesnt want anyone forcing a religion on a person whos not that religion. i swear some people are stupid.
@crycry151 I am a Christian, but reading the Bible and praying alone is not going to cure a person with anorexia. They need therapy, a hospital, etc. to get better. If a person is starving themselves, yes, they are truly empty. And there are Christians who, despite their faith, have eating disorders. Diary of an Anorexic Girl, a book by Morgan Menzie, is the true story of a Christian with anorexia. Yes, God will help us through anything, but if they don't want help, they won't get better.
@crycry151 Why do you spam this page with your religion? Seriously?
That has nothing to do with the movie, or eating disorders in general. I'm reporting it as spam.
You should feel ashamed of trying to push your religion on a video about a girl suffering from a serious mental disorder. You give your god a bad image.
when this was filmed, the actress for nancy was recovering from anorexia. so they filmed the scenes where she was to be the most skinny, then as she recovered, the ones where she was a normal weight. also, they can use make up to make her look ill and her face slender.
Ugh.. homegirl would not be eating a bagel right after that... great movie besides this, but I would have liked to see her go through recovery instead of just the final outcome.
@mrsfhuckingawesome Adding anything to the bagel would've made it harder to eat. Eating carbs like bread is hard enough for an eating disordered person. She was taking a massive step just eating the plain bagel.
@mrsfhuckingawesome All those things are nasty on bagels, anyway. I've never understood people just putting plain butter on their bagels. And jelly! It's just sugary gelatinous goo, and it only SAYS it's fruit flavor.
If recovering from an ED was as simple as this film makes it out to be, no one would be dying from it.
What Nancy/Tracey says at the end is true, but its what you say after years and years of slowly and painfully working your way out of the grips of this disease, not after eating a bagel and skipping over any kind of recovery process.
@sraphael maybe when she recovered that was months/years later,since its a movie and can't show everything. and the bagel thing was just a start but yeah it was pretty ridiculous
Ugh, the ending....It wouldn't be like she'd just offer to eat a bagel. But I guess if it's a true story....But maybe because it's a movie they made it a bit more, eh, abrupt.
@ingeloveswobbly That's the thing. It's just a movie, it can't portray everything. I don't think they were implying that the bagel part was suddenly the end her problems.
I loved this movie and the bit where she realises what her father's going through just to make sure she gets better, and she raises the flight wings brings tears to my eyes. I do however think it's unrealistic that as soon as she gets back she's willing to eat a bagel. I know it's based on a true story but I don't think she would do that. Or at least if she did she'd be a hell of a lot more upset about it. Good film though, wish I could get it on DVD here in England.
That was such a shitty ending!!!!!!!!!! You don't even find out why Nancy starting starving herself! That's gonna bother me forever! How could they not tell you that?! It was like once her father had medical reliance over her she was cured-WTF?!?!?!?!?!
@Funtabulosity329 if you really watched the whole movie you would notice when she first entered therapy that the doctor explained her parents she was stressing out about moving from her house to another city for college, getting apart from her family and friends, etc...
Don't complain about the movie if you obviously didn't even pay attention!
@juniorcasemiro actually I did watch the whole movie, and I did pay attention, since I'm analyzing anorexia for a health project of mine. The doctor was just ballparking ideas for why she might be starving herself. What I was talking about was how they never touched on why Nancy herself specifically suffered, as all cases are different, all have different root causes, and all have different reasons for the patient becoming anorexic.
@Funtabulosity329 she told that she didn't know what was happening. The truth is they never know the main reason, they just do it. I've had problems with anorexia back then, there was no particular reason at first, I just wanted to lose weight but then it became a part of me, if I got stressed I just wouldn't eat because I didn't feel like eating. And with work, college, all together, I was moving on a fast pace, I just didn't care about food.
omg!cant belief i cried at the bit where they came back frm court n the bruva s where all lukin worried....it was so touchin....i hope i dont evr get lik that....its very painful...
"i think I'd like a bagel" and she can just magically eat it after not being able to put more than scraps of lettuce in her mouth? Besides, anybody in that severe of a condition needs immediate medical intervention.... eating a bagel isn't going to change that! lol :p
Yeah right! You get a black judge in a court room full of white people these days and all HELL will break lose. The last thing you'll hear is "Good Luck."
@TheSkelwor Then why do sufferers of anorexia starve themselves, literally, to death? call me crazy, but dying does not seem very self-indulgent to me. neither does severe restricting, fasting or over exorcising. I do agree with you that the disease is self-motivated and the patient is the one ultimately controlling their actions, but the point of the illness is the fact that those suffering don't WANT to stop themselves.
@luvinfitz1 the dad told her it was for good luck, right? so it was her telling the dad that everything will be okay. and eventually she agreed to therapy anyway.
@TheSkelwor ..you put forth a facile argument but your reasoning is flawed. If you are aware and are rational you can control your actions. I have many impulses, primitive instincts and compulsions but I am required to control them. The disease made me do it, is not an acceptable excuse. You can will yourself to overcome many undesirable conditions and social requirements, in order to function in society. ED is a very unsympathetic condition...hope you don't have it
@jethro035181 Some people would give everything they have to "get over" their eating disorder, yet still live with it until the day they die. I understand your point - an ED is not an "excuse" as you call it. But most people don't purposely decide to have an ED. If it was a willing choice then so many people wouldn't die from it.
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@TheSkelwor ...nancy is lucid and rational most of the time as are most of the mentally ill....her behavior is a form of self indulgence and is being facilitated by her overly kind and "understanding" family....if she were turfed out of her overly indulgent environment and had to face some realities of life, like bread on the table and nice place to live, she would improve...I have no tolerance for this person or any of the mentally ill...this is based on direct personal experience (relative)
dude , wat kind of court case is taken in the big court house for something so small as a fucken case about being 18 and old enough to ,,,, forget it... lemmy get back to my anorexic movie.
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one worthless, totally useless person blighting the lives of four others........if she really wishes to behave in this way she should go of on her own and die quietly
Good movie. Y'know, alot of people don't understand the frustrations that loved ones feel for their daughter/friend/relative, they think they're being mean and refuse to understand and just generally ignorant. They shout and scream because they feel helpless! Not because they want to torture them - they're not willfully ignorant, they just can't comprehend what causes it and they blame themselves. It's heartbreaking watching someone you love slowly kill themselves. Why wouldn't anyone be angry?
They showed her eating a bagel because its fattening first off.
Secondly, this actress made this movie because she was anorexic herself and im not sure if this movie was based of her life but she probably could relate.
Thirdly for all the people saying shes not a known actress, well thats false, she was on a hit tv series called growing pains and she was the star. She has also been in many other things.
@HououMinamino It's a hard thing to cope with, especially having to go to such lengths to help her; & it takes a lot of courage to stand up against your daughter's wishes.
@HououMinamino Yeah. I definitely think it's because he was so emotional. He had some contradicting feelings. He knew he had to prove that he needed to be her guardian but he also felt that he was labeling his daughter incompetint which I don't believe he wanted to do.
worst ending ever, so a way to make a person admit that they are anorexic is to take their dad to a trial, make some questions, the dad answers ''yep'' to all of them and BAM! heartbreaking moment!!
i don't see the big deal about a bagel. there was also a movie about this where the girl ate ice cream at the end. the best little girl in the world is what ithink it was...so yeahhhhhhh.
@PopGirl890 no no no, i mean the people freaking out about it. I'm jsut saying they're acting like that's impossible for her to have eaten and it's not. A bagel isn't as big of a ddeal as th eice cream. I'm probably being reallyu confusing. i'm sorry :(
@iheartsjonas No it's okay. I'm just saying that it's really good for her to have eaten that and depending on the ice cream, then it's the same amount of calories and more than they've usually eaten which is actually a big accompliment and surprise to her family.
So her wanting to eat that bagel represents that she wants to be happy and better. It wasn't a crappy ending, it was a really good ending and a wonderful movie. Im 15 i weigh 52 KG Im not tall or short, and i LOVE my body, my fat and my life. People should realize that starving themselves just to look pretty or to be thin wont make them happy, it will destroy them.
She also saw all those happy people with their families enjoying the moment, and she was suffering she wanted that as well. She must have thought about it a lost and realized in the court-room that what she's doing is just wrong.
The ending was good.. its not about it being weird that all of a sudden she wants a bagel. I think the dad saved her, he gave her that pin thing and that must have really meant something to her. Also, her dreams showed her that being happy and enjoying life is much better than suffering and being unhappy in the court-room her dad showed how sad he was and that was heartbreaking.
I didn't know that sectioning doesn't exist in the USA. But then I guess they can't force people to have treatment that they can't pay for. That's why the NHS wins =] For anyone who doesn't know, sectioning is forcing someone to go to hospital because they suffer from a dangerous mental disorder severe enough to warrant hospital treatment, and serious enough to mean that they can't make sensible judgements for themselves. They would have sectioned her back when she left hospital the first time.
In england if you're bad enough you can get sectioned. If a doctor or parent thinks you cant look afterr yourself because of mental health or something. Its compulsery. Should have that.
Fuc this movie made me cry so much. Think I cried from Part 4 or 5 or so during now! This Family is so exactly mine and this girl so exactly me. Everything has to be perfect and if it's not, smile it away and pretend, everything's perfect.
4 Years of suffering and no ending in sight... Love the movie! The mom and Nancy are great actresses.
yes i agree, they ended this movie way too fast..a lot of these movies do. they focus on the struggles but not enough of the success..over all good movie.
@MizDeprivation Not necessarly I mean the fact is she was so hungry she probably did that to make her feel better for the time being to give her some energy & then go into therapy.
It may not have been entirely realistic, but it sure helps one think about the patterns that go on in our families. Eating disorders aren't about food... they're about feeling out of control. That's what I'm seeing. That part was very evident.
omg i am in love with her dad and for the life of my i can't think of the mans name! but he's like a (old) greek god he's so handsome i could just eat cream off him lol
The actress who plays Nancy is such a good actress and she's also so bra ve to have recovered from Ana... not everyone does... but doens't this film move a bit fast and have kind of a magical ending lol
@carniekatie oh my god yes she is!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have got to be BLIND! What do you think a thin wieght is anyway? 60 freaking pounds??????????? god, that girl is a STICK!
Ok so she ate a bagel, but so what? Recovery is about starting to eat the foods you wouldnt normally ... I ate veg salad and fruit and something as exact in calories as a bagel would seem logical, especially to my anorexic mind, and I think its pretty realistic, it wouldnt be though had she eaten something like a cheesecake.
I don't think it would have made a stronger point for her to die at all. I think the ending is beautiful, especially the moment between her and her dad. That hit me harder than her death ever would have.
Shazlaarrr 1 week ago
Probate court, where a person is determined to need guardianship, is not like regular court and is closed to the public. The "hearing" scene is not at all accurate.
Miss65boo 2 weeks ago
this movie is awesome
mrscullen302 3 weeks ago
When the judge made his speech about Nancy, I completely lost it. He is so kind.
cheyrabbit 3 weeks ago
For two years I was in the company of a young woman like Nancy. To have real contact with her was impossible. She seemed to live under a bell jar. It looked like her personality had imploded. She almost died. What made her decide to live I still don't know.
johseb213 3 weeks ago
this movie was based on a true story. The girl was in the news for her parents taking her to court so she could get help for her eating disorder.
glitterandrainbows1 4 weeks ago
I cried so much. What a great movie -3
Toontown96 1 month ago
im pretty sure you dont just go from having serious anorexia to being like 'yeh lets eat a bagel' in the space of about 10 minutes..
HokeyKokeyy 1 month ago
@HokeyKokeyy You can. I mean, it's individual. And maybe she felt ashamed or guilty and she wanted to prove to her family that she wanted to try. Who knows how much she really ate...
carolinelitsander 3 weeks ago
@HokeyKokeyy Except that's not what happened. What happened was she was making a tremendous amount of effort to move forward. She forced herself to eat that bagel. It wasn't a nonchalant whim at all.
Shazlaarrr 1 week ago
Im scared im going to end up like this...very good movie!!
LoveLocalNatives 1 month ago
I think I want one of those little jewish bagels now
Iwonderwotsfordinner 1 month ago in playlist Lifetime Movies
Her family was very supportive of her. They went beyond the call of duty.
gemini850 1 month ago
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CAN SOMEONE PLZ HELP? i have done a lot on research on anorexia but i still don't understand how they dont get hungry? i mean you must get hungry and lack energy and not be able to do stuff? dont they ever get such a crazy pain in their stomach they just need to eat?
97nglamour 1 month ago
Seemed like a spoilt ungrateful little brat to me, some people would do anything to have a family who cares about them that much. That said, glad she didn't die in the end, at least she sorted her shit out right at the last minute.
deadstarlinz 1 month ago
Now that guy is a great judge!!
lordinaire1 2 months ago 3
Is so sad having an ED,pure hell,and family suffers with you a lot,been 12 years already with bulimia/binge eating and it really hurts :(
bulimiahell 2 months ago 2
yay !!!!!!!!!!!!!
ValerieJ98 2 months ago in playlist More videos from LexiJenn
Tracey Gold (the actress who played Nancy) was suffering from anorexia at the time of this film. It was filmed backwards. Tracey actually has a book called "Room to Grow" and a charity to help families set up interventions and to help girls who cannot afford treatment to get it
pinkjimmychoos 3 months ago 3
I love the judge!
tinkerbread 3 months ago 7
what have we learned from this movie? eating disorders originate from conceivably nothing, except for maybe depressed stares off into the distance, and the only way an e.d. patient will be able to see the light is to get a court order for them to be hospitalized. how original and down to earth and realistic this movie is. :/
36770sam 4 months ago
@36770sam this is a great movie. one of the best out there about EDs imho. it is pretty realistic (i mean not necessarily the court part) but the emotions behind all the charecters in the movie are very true to form.
ChaosInAGlassCage 3 months ago in playlist For the Love of Nancy 2
@36770sam I believe this movie was meant to put the disorder out in the public eye, not be a diagnosis or a cure.
kamwrites 1 month ago
Thank you so much for uploading the whole movie,,,It got me cryin =]
fuqyeww 5 months ago 2
@cantescape15 yes, many die of EDs, and making a video of someone with THIS specific ED and not letting her die is projecting wrong picture
Gorepwn 5 months ago
@cantescape15 It's not that im trying to be cool you idiot. It would just make a better point if she died in the end, just saying. Btw you know its not for real? :S
Gorepwn 6 months ago
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FOR THE LOVE OF NANCY THIS MOVIE SUCKS ASS
MrPoopmastah1 6 months ago
This was a good movie. People forget the family suffers so much as well as the person not eating, doing drugs, drinking or just ruining their life :(
I'm glad it turned out the way it did! Did this actress actually have an eating disorder at one time?
KeKe10101000 6 months ago
@KeKe10101000
Tracey Gold had a highly publicized battle with anorexia in 1991 and 1992, about 2 years before this movie was made which explains her small size and her ability to fully understand what the character was going thorough. Its one of those things that only someone who has suffered through it can truly understand
Samkelly247 5 months ago 2
Meh, lame movie. I wanted her to die at the end. srsly.
Gorepwn 6 months ago
@Gorepwn
I liked this movie but I agree.
I think it would have made a stronger point for her to die
HOWEVER
I guess it raises hope for those who are suffering because they know that you can recover from this illness. x=
callmeperfection 5 months ago 16
i love how her family is acting like it's not a big deal she's eating bagel, but inside they're feeling so happy :)
nobolettu 7 months ago
All I could focus on was how she needed a coke to wash down that dry bagel!
lara16beth 7 months ago
im really happy she got her life back together nd was talking to the group in the end
robinwalker13 7 months ago
why does the dad always look like he's smirking?
bluelipsredhands 7 months ago 2
One car ride made her decide she changed her mind about something like that? I get that it was on the way to court and she realized it was getting to *the moment*-- but still, it seemed like a pretty convenient time to have an ephiphany.
raerae1281 8 months ago 5
put some jelly on that bagel or something!
mephilesXshadow 8 months ago
I love how she looks out at life and seems to realize that she's missing so much...
That's enough to bring you back to reality. When all your time is spent on food and not eating, counting calories, excercise to the point where it's all consuming, you gotta realize it's taking over!! You just have to hit your "bottom"
atlasshrugged2u 8 months ago
@cheekypants321 agreed! :P
TwatSwab 8 months ago
Why does he look up for like four minutes, At 4:00 ???
punkinsam1 8 months ago 5
@punkinsam1 i think he was trying not to cry
elizabeth91389 8 months ago
@elizabeth91389 Oh okay. :)
punkinsam1 8 months ago
SO WE ARE NEVER EMPTY, WE ALL NEED TO FEEL OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN, WITH THE LOVE OF GOD. GOD BLESS THE CHILDREN AND ALL THE PEOPLE. GOD SAYS IF ANYONE COMES TO HIM SEEKING HIM WITH THEIR WHOLE HEARTS, IN NO WISE WILL GOD TURN YOU AWAY. PRAISE BE TO GOD, JESUS AND THE PRECIOUS HOLY SPIRIT ALWAYS. THEY GIVE LIFE IT'S PURPOSE. LOVE YOU TRINITY ALWAYS!!!!!!
crycry151 8 months ago
@crycry151 Shut up.
cheekypants321 8 months ago 19
@crycry151 have you ever read a book called holy anorexia?
projectpetite 8 months ago
Every one needs to teach their children God's HOly and awesome word, so that they know that God loves them and Jesus paid a great price for them and the Lord has a purpose for their lives. Teach the children to pray and ask the Holy Spirit, to pray with them. NO one can love us like the LOrd can. People need to know that they are loved not just by people but by an awesome God. God Bless
crycry151 8 months ago
@crycry151 dont force your religion on us. god doesnt want anyone forcing a religion on a person whos not that religion. i swear some people are stupid.
he3rtbrok3n 8 months ago 4
@crycry151 I am a Christian, but reading the Bible and praying alone is not going to cure a person with anorexia. They need therapy, a hospital, etc. to get better. If a person is starving themselves, yes, they are truly empty. And there are Christians who, despite their faith, have eating disorders. Diary of an Anorexic Girl, a book by Morgan Menzie, is the true story of a Christian with anorexia. Yes, God will help us through anything, but if they don't want help, they won't get better.
HououMinamino 6 months ago
@HououMinamino agreed. God will help us through the resources he provides for us...like therapy and the support of other knowledgeable people.
xxxfantasyhorse 6 months ago
@crycry151 Why do you spam this page with your religion? Seriously?
That has nothing to do with the movie, or eating disorders in general. I'm reporting it as spam.
You should feel ashamed of trying to push your religion on a video about a girl suffering from a serious mental disorder. You give your god a bad image.
GEhotpants101 1 month ago
i cried.. aha
Samantha328328 9 months ago
i cryed . aha
Samantha328328 9 months ago
@IMayBeSyd it was the only thing she could control in her life, and soon enough it started to control her.
Samantha328328 9 months ago
Thanks for the upload!
theRoseofmyheart 9 months ago
Aww, I'm so proud of Nancy.
132062 9 months ago 4
good movie. thanks for the upload.
2000joec 9 months ago
Shut the fuck up about the bagel. The important thing is that she recovered. I hate negative people like you. Go to hell!
stewielove101 9 months ago 5
This part of the film always makes me cry :*(
xxx
GreenOrangeBlack 9 months ago
How.. do they get actresses to look all skinny and then make them look like they gained weight?
MyEyesAreOpen6 10 months ago 4
@MyEyesAreOpen6
when this was filmed, the actress for nancy was recovering from anorexia. so they filmed the scenes where she was to be the most skinny, then as she recovered, the ones where she was a normal weight. also, they can use make up to make her look ill and her face slender.
FindingHappiness00 10 months ago
Thank god she came to her senses
Luna19Mestiza 10 months ago
Good acting - a pretty fair movie, but a totally unrealistic ending.
dumonceauxable 10 months ago 4
Couldn't agree more. Therapist is HOT!!
vbfreak9231 10 months ago 3
i like the judge.
bfree2live 10 months ago
Nancy's therapist is soo fucking hot
Sarialover1 10 months ago
good soundtrack
williamperry11 10 months ago
If your never going to be completely cured, why not remain skinny!
AnaCalories 11 months ago
Ugh.. homegirl would not be eating a bagel right after that... great movie besides this, but I would have liked to see her go through recovery instead of just the final outcome.
Gamecocklady87 11 months ago 5
awww.... the judge's speech was so sweet...
ppjaclyn 11 months ago 2
ur not going to toast it? butter? jelly? just a plain bagel?
mrsfhuckingawesome 11 months ago 5
@mrsfhuckingawesome Small steps, fhuckingawesome. Small steps.
Eragarev 11 months ago
@mrsfhuckingawesome Adding anything to the bagel would've made it harder to eat. Eating carbs like bread is hard enough for an eating disordered person. She was taking a massive step just eating the plain bagel.
razorangelfreak 11 months ago 3
@mrsfhuckingawesome All those things are nasty on bagels, anyway. I've never understood people just putting plain butter on their bagels. And jelly! It's just sugary gelatinous goo, and it only SAYS it's fruit flavor.
GEhotpants101 1 month ago
news press why?
mrsfhuckingawesome 11 months ago 6
This is a beautiful movie. Something you can't truely appreciate or fully understand unless you've been through an eating disorder like this.
HallowsReign23 11 months ago
If recovering from an ED was as simple as this film makes it out to be, no one would be dying from it.
What Nancy/Tracey says at the end is true, but its what you say after years and years of slowly and painfully working your way out of the grips of this disease, not after eating a bagel and skipping over any kind of recovery process.
sraphael 1 year ago 6
@sraphael maybe when she recovered that was months/years later,since its a movie and can't show everything. and the bagel thing was just a start but yeah it was pretty ridiculous
starsStripesRainbows 1 year ago 2
i like bagles
greysgirl1031 1 year ago
what the shit at her whole family watching her eat the bagel at the end? umm....
righteous09 1 year ago
she looks so old at the end of the movie!
oohkayjessicax4 1 year ago
worst ending ever.
holz93 1 year ago 2
what a touching story
carly11000 1 year ago
yeah, the bagel scene was stupid, but I still think the ice cream at the end of "the best little girl in the world" beats it :)
TarAncalyme 1 year ago 10
@TarAncalyme That ice cream scene made me laugh so much. I think it was the first time that I have ever laughed at the end of an ed movie.
myprettypeace 1 month ago
hahaha. the bagel thing. so ridiculous.
alyson32590 1 year ago 2
of all the things to finally eat, she would pick a nasty dry bagel that's been sitting there since the first scene of the movie.
i kid, i kid.
butforealz.
rachellovessyouu 1 year ago 104
@rachellovessyouu Shes gonna puke it anyway...
jazz1hole1 9 months ago
gee they waited long enough to get that court order geez...
GAYPRIDE1985 1 year ago
Ugh, the ending....It wouldn't be like she'd just offer to eat a bagel. But I guess if it's a true story....But maybe because it's a movie they made it a bit more, eh, abrupt.
ingeloveswobbly 1 year ago
@ingeloveswobbly That's the thing. It's just a movie, it can't portray everything. I don't think they were implying that the bagel part was suddenly the end her problems.
captain150 1 year ago 2
I loved this movie and the bit where she realises what her father's going through just to make sure she gets better, and she raises the flight wings brings tears to my eyes. I do however think it's unrealistic that as soon as she gets back she's willing to eat a bagel. I know it's based on a true story but I don't think she would do that. Or at least if she did she'd be a hell of a lot more upset about it. Good film though, wish I could get it on DVD here in England.
RealMaggot13 1 year ago
You all can't complain about the ending, that's what really happened, it's based on a true story... damn.
juniorcasemiro 1 year ago 4
That was such a shitty ending!!!!!!!!!! You don't even find out why Nancy starting starving herself! That's gonna bother me forever! How could they not tell you that?! It was like once her father had medical reliance over her she was cured-WTF?!?!?!?!?!
Funtabulosity329 1 year ago
@Funtabulosity329 if you really watched the whole movie you would notice when she first entered therapy that the doctor explained her parents she was stressing out about moving from her house to another city for college, getting apart from her family and friends, etc...
Don't complain about the movie if you obviously didn't even pay attention!
juniorcasemiro 1 year ago 2
@juniorcasemiro actually I did watch the whole movie, and I did pay attention, since I'm analyzing anorexia for a health project of mine. The doctor was just ballparking ideas for why she might be starving herself. What I was talking about was how they never touched on why Nancy herself specifically suffered, as all cases are different, all have different root causes, and all have different reasons for the patient becoming anorexic.
Funtabulosity329 1 year ago
@Funtabulosity329 she told that she didn't know what was happening. The truth is they never know the main reason, they just do it. I've had problems with anorexia back then, there was no particular reason at first, I just wanted to lose weight but then it became a part of me, if I got stressed I just wouldn't eat because I didn't feel like eating. And with work, college, all together, I was moving on a fast pace, I just didn't care about food.
Thank God I realized I had a problem!
juniorcasemiro 1 year ago 3
omg!cant belief i cried at the bit where they came back frm court n the bruva s where all lukin worried....it was so touchin....i hope i dont evr get lik that....its very painful...
honeydontell 1 year ago
wat a crappy ending !
nee33ta 1 year ago
That movie was great. What a beautiful ending.
christinegobac1 1 year ago 2
no fuckin way would she eat that bagel
x9times9x 1 year ago 6
"i think I'd like a bagel" and she can just magically eat it after not being able to put more than scraps of lettuce in her mouth? Besides, anybody in that severe of a condition needs immediate medical intervention.... eating a bagel isn't going to change that! lol :p
questions117 1 year ago 2
Yeah right! You get a black judge in a court room full of white people these days and all HELL will break lose. The last thing you'll hear is "Good Luck."
Jennaleighxox 1 year ago
i loved this movie but i do think the ending should have been different.
Millaraes 1 year ago
This guy paused for like three good minutes, looking up at the sky, and said yes.
MadameMabinogi 1 year ago 49
um okay. . . the movie started with her jogging and ended with her jogging
tinyvamp0120 1 year ago 8
@TheSkelwor Then why do sufferers of anorexia starve themselves, literally, to death? call me crazy, but dying does not seem very self-indulgent to me. neither does severe restricting, fasting or over exorcising. I do agree with you that the disease is self-motivated and the patient is the one ultimately controlling their actions, but the point of the illness is the fact that those suffering don't WANT to stop themselves.
toriotgirl 1 year ago
i dont get it, why did she show him the badge in the court?
luvinfitz1 1 year ago
@luvinfitz1 the dad told her it was for good luck, right? so it was her telling the dad that everything will be okay. and eventually she agreed to therapy anyway.
aishiteruyutosan 1 year ago
I cried when she showed him the badge.
MichelleBrown101 1 year ago 6
@TheSkelwor ..you put forth a facile argument but your reasoning is flawed. If you are aware and are rational you can control your actions. I have many impulses, primitive instincts and compulsions but I am required to control them. The disease made me do it, is not an acceptable excuse. You can will yourself to overcome many undesirable conditions and social requirements, in order to function in society. ED is a very unsympathetic condition...hope you don't have it
jethro035181 1 year ago
@jethro035181 Some people would give everything they have to "get over" their eating disorder, yet still live with it until the day they die. I understand your point - an ED is not an "excuse" as you call it. But most people don't purposely decide to have an ED. If it was a willing choice then so many people wouldn't die from it.
questions117 1 year ago 2
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@TheSkelwor ...nancy is lucid and rational most of the time as are most of the mentally ill....her behavior is a form of self indulgence and is being facilitated by her overly kind and "understanding" family....if she were turfed out of her overly indulgent environment and had to face some realities of life, like bread on the table and nice place to live, she would improve...I have no tolerance for this person or any of the mentally ill...this is based on direct personal experience (relative)
jethro035181 1 year ago
@jethro035181 just because you have had a bad personal experience, it does not justify intolerance towards the mentally ill.
maybememories07 1 year ago 4
Thanks for torturing that poor girl by pausing on the altar for two minutes, as if to pretend you're changing your mind.
Silthrith 1 year ago
Good movie... :)
mellimariee 1 year ago
dude , wat kind of court case is taken in the big court house for something so small as a fucken case about being 18 and old enough to ,,,, forget it... lemmy get back to my anorexic movie.
kay2bmkm 1 year ago 3
How did they get the newspaper and press on them?
PrincessKLS 1 year ago
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one worthless, totally useless person blighting the lives of four others........if she really wishes to behave in this way she should go of on her own and die quietly
jethro035181 1 year ago
of course there had to be a old wise black judge
s0l4s7ys 1 year ago
around 5:10 maybe 5:12 I start to cry. Each time I watch this movie, I cry.
rosethorn18 1 year ago
Good movie. Y'know, alot of people don't understand the frustrations that loved ones feel for their daughter/friend/relative, they think they're being mean and refuse to understand and just generally ignorant. They shout and scream because they feel helpless! Not because they want to torture them - they're not willfully ignorant, they just can't comprehend what causes it and they blame themselves. It's heartbreaking watching someone you love slowly kill themselves. Why wouldn't anyone be angry?
PuffyAmiYumi 1 year ago
They showed her eating a bagel because its fattening first off.
Secondly, this actress made this movie because she was anorexic herself and im not sure if this movie was based of her life but she probably could relate.
Thirdly for all the people saying shes not a known actress, well thats false, she was on a hit tv series called growing pains and she was the star. She has also been in many other things.
toriroxsoutloud 1 year ago
@carniekatie wow. You are an idiot.
labellavitaxox 1 year ago
it must have been torture for the actress to eat that bagel.
UnpHotoGENiC 1 year ago
Why does the dad take such a long time to answer? Is it because he's upset?
HououMinamino 1 year ago
@HououMinamino It's a hard thing to cope with, especially having to go to such lengths to help her; & it takes a lot of courage to stand up against your daughter's wishes.
kayurahkl 1 year ago
@HououMinamino Yeah. I definitely think it's because he was so emotional. He had some contradicting feelings. He knew he had to prove that he needed to be her guardian but he also felt that he was labeling his daughter incompetint which I don't believe he wanted to do.
rosethorn18 1 year ago
the girl who plays nancy is a pretty damn good actress.
LiefsteCamilla 1 year ago 3
I can't understand,why films with great message has so unknown actors and actresses....
vikice19 1 year ago
sadly there are other mental illnesses in the world...eating disorders are so cruel....
vikice19 1 year ago
why the press was there
RubnBritney 1 year ago
talk about an unrealistic ending...
holz93 1 year ago 3
worst ending ever, so a way to make a person admit that they are anorexic is to take their dad to a trial, make some questions, the dad answers ''yep'' to all of them and BAM! heartbreaking moment!!
amnch07 1 year ago
i don't see the big deal about a bagel. there was also a movie about this where the girl ate ice cream at the end. the best little girl in the world is what ithink it was...so yeahhhhhhh.
iheartsjonas 1 year ago
@iheartsjonas They've never eaten that many calories in probably a year so that's a big accomplishment for them.
PopGirl890 1 year ago
@PopGirl890 no no no, i mean the people freaking out about it. I'm jsut saying they're acting like that's impossible for her to have eaten and it's not. A bagel isn't as big of a ddeal as th eice cream. I'm probably being reallyu confusing. i'm sorry :(
iheartsjonas 1 year ago
@iheartsjonas No it's okay. I'm just saying that it's really good for her to have eaten that and depending on the ice cream, then it's the same amount of calories and more than they've usually eaten which is actually a big accompliment and surprise to her family.
PopGirl890 1 year ago
@iheartsjonas the actresss who played nancy was anorexic. Eating that bagel would have been a huge deal for her.
UnpHotoGENiC 1 year ago
@UnpHotoGENiC i know. that's what i was saying. and i'm also saying that people on here are makiung way too big a deal outof it. oh my goodness......
iheartsjonas 1 year ago
So her wanting to eat that bagel represents that she wants to be happy and better. It wasn't a crappy ending, it was a really good ending and a wonderful movie. Im 15 i weigh 52 KG Im not tall or short, and i LOVE my body, my fat and my life. People should realize that starving themselves just to look pretty or to be thin wont make them happy, it will destroy them.
Rizoto88 1 year ago 5
@Rizoto88 Oh, for heaven's sake - It's not about being pretty!
Bozpot 1 year ago
She also saw all those happy people with their families enjoying the moment, and she was suffering she wanted that as well. She must have thought about it a lost and realized in the court-room that what she's doing is just wrong.
Rizoto88 1 year ago
The ending was good.. its not about it being weird that all of a sudden she wants a bagel. I think the dad saved her, he gave her that pin thing and that must have really meant something to her. Also, her dreams showed her that being happy and enjoying life is much better than suffering and being unhappy in the court-room her dad showed how sad he was and that was heartbreaking.
Rizoto88 1 year ago
my parents took me to court just like this part of the movie. i will never agree with my parents for doing this to me.
shutupkevin316 1 year ago
I didn't know that sectioning doesn't exist in the USA. But then I guess they can't force people to have treatment that they can't pay for. That's why the NHS wins =] For anyone who doesn't know, sectioning is forcing someone to go to hospital because they suffer from a dangerous mental disorder severe enough to warrant hospital treatment, and serious enough to mean that they can't make sensible judgements for themselves. They would have sectioned her back when she left hospital the first time.
missgracegallagher 1 year ago
In england if you're bad enough you can get sectioned. If a doctor or parent thinks you cant look afterr yourself because of mental health or something. Its compulsery. Should have that.
looykent 1 year ago
Fuc this movie made me cry so much. Think I cried from Part 4 or 5 or so during now! This Family is so exactly mine and this girl so exactly me. Everything has to be perfect and if it's not, smile it away and pretend, everything's perfect.
4 Years of suffering and no ending in sight... Love the movie! The mom and Nancy are great actresses.
1511Jeji 1 year ago
LOL. yeah acting was bad, ending was bad. hence why it's only shown on the tele. BOO, YOU WHORE of a movie.
ohthatweirdgirl 1 year ago
yes i agree, they ended this movie way too fast..a lot of these movies do. they focus on the struggles but not enough of the success..over all good movie.
JeniBurton213 1 year ago 2
Decent movie. Terrible ending.
MizDeprivation 1 year ago 50
@MizDeprivation Not necessarly I mean the fact is she was so hungry she probably did that to make her feel better for the time being to give her some energy & then go into therapy.
faithoffaith 1 year ago
oh yeah just all watch her eat the bagel, all 4 of them
acmedressform 1 year ago 55
That was a great movie!
Eminemisthebestever1 1 year ago
im crying.
TheLisetteMusic 1 year ago
this is a good movie, but it made me hungry
iloveratedrko 1 year ago 5
It may not have been entirely realistic, but it sure helps one think about the patterns that go on in our families. Eating disorders aren't about food... they're about feeling out of control. That's what I'm seeing. That part was very evident.
shelterbuddy 1 year ago
wonderful movie!
peaceloveandrock1 1 year ago
the dad was annoying me during the trial. his face looks so weird.....
ilovekyle12345 1 year ago
omg i am in love with her dad and for the life of my i can't think of the mans name! but he's like a (old) greek god he's so handsome i could just eat cream off him lol
The actress who plays Nancy is such a good actress and she's also so bra ve to have recovered from Ana... not everyone does... but doens't this film move a bit fast and have kind of a magical ending lol
SexyTruffles 1 year ago 2
what, so she just came home and magically started to get better straight away, starting with "i think ill have a bagel"?
all good up until that bit.
lilella44 1 year ago
Nancy is so pretty!
ItsRachelFtw 1 year ago
SHE IS NOT EVEN THAT THIN!!!
carniekatie 1 year ago
@carniekatie are u blind? SHE'S EXTREMELY THINNN! That is not healthy!!
kirita1234 1 year ago
@carniekatie oh my god yes she is!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have got to be BLIND! What do you think a thin wieght is anyway? 60 freaking pounds??????????? god, that girl is a STICK!
iheartsjonas 1 year ago
Tracy is still tooooo thin....
laurajdahl 1 year ago
Ok so she ate a bagel, but so what? Recovery is about starting to eat the foods you wouldnt normally ... I ate veg salad and fruit and something as exact in calories as a bagel would seem logical, especially to my anorexic mind, and I think its pretty realistic, it wouldnt be though had she eaten something like a cheesecake.
1UnbreakableAngel 1 year ago
I really wonder why they call it a disease, its more like a disorder.
Shareallicu 1 year ago
Lame ending - otherwise a pretty good film.
bexmooncrane 1 year ago