AWARDS

Chief Dan George Humanitarian Award & Documentary Jury Special Citation
Vancouver International Film Festival

Documentary Feature Award & Top 10 Audience Favorite
Chicago International Film Festival

Media Award - 2005
Southern California Psychiatric Society

Outstanding Media Award - 2004
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Winner! Best Documentary Film
Rhode Island International Film Festival
New Jersey Film Festival
Route 66 Film Festival
Wilmington Independent Film Festival


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REVIEWS

"Compelling"
— Los AngelesTimes

"Extremely affecting "
The New York Times

"People Say I’m Crazy doesn’t defuse, or romanticize, the trauma of mental illness. It humanizes it"
— Entertainment Weekly

"Truly unique... a remarkable piece of cinéma-vérité!"
— Film Journal

TV Guide "Hot List" Pick of the Week!
"Rarely has mental illness been depicted so subjectively and seemed so immediate... It's also a touching testament to the love and dedication of John's family."

— TV Guide

"Thanks to the support of his family, his psychiatrist, and his passion for art, John Cadigan is able to reclaim what schizophrenia took from him."
— Psychiatric News

"An extraordinarily intimate and affecting portrayal of mental illness"
— Chicago Tribune

"Brave, scary and beautifully insightful"
Time Out New York

"Frank and often harrowing"
— San Francisco Chronicle

"Remarkable"
— New York Magazine

"I've never seen anything quite like it, and if it doesn't make you cry two or three times, you need a heart transplant.... You'll never forget it."

— Salon

"A poignant, courageous documentary"
The Hollywood Reporter

"Poignantly expressed."
The Onion

"Cadigan has furnished viewers with an extremely intimate and uniquely honest portrayal of schizophrenia"
— Reintegration Today

"It starkly reveals the potential that exists in every person who confronts mental illness."
— Schizophrenia Digest