Brain on Fire

In May 2020, I watched Brain on Fire for the first time on DVD. The drama film was released in 2016. It is based on Susannah Cahalan's memoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness. The lead is Chloe Grace Moretz. 

The story is about a lady named Susannah Cahalan who exists and has suffered a mysterious illness. 

I had assumed the movie to be a romantic movie but I realized that it was a serious drama movie halfway when I felt that I had been kind of duped. However, the enthusiastic acting of Chloe Grace Moretz as the heroin, Susannah, really attracted me through and made me completely forget about the trivial thing. She was excellent at acting. Although the role was quite difficult, yet she gave a wonderful performance as the young lady suffering the enigmatic disease. She also had a baby face which was really lovely. Besides, the movie made me really comfortable. 

I heard that the film was severely criticized by critics, though I think that they just watch movies which the staff members poured their heart and mind into, and then they just write to their reviews readily using arcane language. I rely on reviews written by irresponsible but honest laypersons on the internet more than ones by professional critics. Reviews by famous critics are suitable for people like cineastes and intellectuals. I do not like to refer to their reviews.