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Title: "Canvas" - a look at the lives of a family in turmoil.
Review: Mary (Marcia Gay Harden), seeming to be more eccentric than schizophrenic, is a happy person when she does not have her episodes where she hears voices, and believes that they are in danger and that the house is wired hence her paranoia. Her husband (Joe Pantoliano) looks after their young son when Mary is forcibly taken to a mental institution. As with many schizophrenics, they stop taking their medication when they feel well, and then they go downhill again. She eventually realizes that she needs to take her medication. She is close to her son, and very protective, to the point where it is embarrassing for him. The movie gives one a look into this family home, and you realize that there is a togetherness not found in many homes where all the family members are so called "normal". A very touching story.
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