Directed by David Greene
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
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The generation gap is exposed by a sixteen-year-old girl living in the suburbs with her family. They find her one day in the closet talking about "seeing God" and "being electric". It turns out she is an acid freak and is having a bad trip. Her older brother, the leader of the progressive rock band "The Glass Bead", talks her down but it doesn't take long for her to runaway to her boyfriend drug dealer. Her dad, Eli Wallach in one of his better roles, goes to take her back, but not before she tries to seduce him. They send her to a public asylum where they have group sessions with patients with even worse problems. It's not until mom gives her a stern talking to that there is any hope of a normal life. Dated, to be sure, but also an earnest depiction of the hopelessness of drugs, for both the user and the people around them. Deborah Winters as the young Maxie gives a stand out performance.
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