Mad Love (1995 film)

Mad Love is a 1995 teen romantic drama film directed by Antonia Bird and starring Drew Barrymore and Chris ODonnell. The screenplay was written by Paula Milne. The original music score is composed by Andy Roberts.

Casey is eccentric in nature. Her impulsiveness and extreme risktaking attitude and behavior is attributed to her illness, in which she experiences severe highs and lows of emotion. Her frequent intense feelings, of passion towards Matt and of fear and destructiveness, dominate her persona. Throughout the relationship, Matt selflessly puts her needs before his. The severity of this increases as her mental state worsens.Heading toward Mexico in his SUV, Casey becomes increasingly reckless and overemotional. They crash and abandon the vehicle. They hitchhike, accepting a lift from a salesman Liev Schreiber. He puts his hand on her crotch and Casey puts her lit cigarette on his face. He throws her out and a fight ensues between him and Matt. They steal his car and continue their journey. Casey becomes more distressed and Matt does his best to help her. He becomes scared, and after Casey threatens suicide, and also threatens to kill Matt with a gun she took from the glove compartment in the salesmans car, they return to Seattle and their families, where she is readmitted to the psychiatric hospital. Matt goes home and later receives a letter from Casey telling him she has moved back to Chicago and now feels significantly better. Casey says she has good memories of their time together. ........

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