Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Prozac Nation on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today! During the 1980s a female collegian (Christina Ricci) with a bright future battles clinical depression. This adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel's memoir stars Christina Ricci as a girl on the verge of losing her grip on life after she leaves for college. Prozac Nation: Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg. With Christina Ricci, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica Lange, Jason Biggs. A young woman struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard. Set in the 1980s, this is the story of a brilliant young woman who battles clinical depression and addiction issues during her first year at Harvard. Prozac Nation is a 2001 psychological drama film directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg, starring Christina Ricci, Jason Biggs, Anne Heche, Michelle Williams, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Jessica Lange. Prozac Nation is a memoir by American writer Elizabeth Wurtzel published in 1994. The book describes the author's experiences with atypical depression, [1] her own character failings and how she managed to live through particularly difficult periods while completing college and working as a writer. Elizabeth Wurtzel was an American writer, journalist, and lawyer best known for her groundbreaking memoir Prozac Nation, published when she was just 27. Her writing, often deeply personal and confessional, explored her lifelong struggles with depression, addiction, relationships, and career setbacks. ELIZABETH WURTZEL (1967-2020) was the author of best-selling books including Prozac Nation,Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women, and More, Now, Again. A Harvard and Yale Law School graduate, her work appeared in such publications as The New Yorker,New York, the Guardian, and the Oxford American. Sparking conversations about mental health like never before, Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Prozac Nation was groundbreaking upon its 1994 release and continues to resonate today. Elizabeth Wurtzel's New York Times best-selling memoir, with a new afterword Sparkling, luminescent prose..