Article on Village Voice

On Village Voice, an article about MoMa's Documetnary Fortnight program just came out. It describes MENTAL very positively (although the screening date is wrong- correct date is Feb 22).

The next series standout is Kazuhiro Soda's Mental (February 20), about the depressed, neurotic, and otherwise paralyzed patrons of a Japanese psychiatric clinic. Hitting hard with a few quick, numbing consultations, Soda then slowly and compassionately circulates among patients and staff. Though the film is noted for breaking Japanese taboo-powered silence about mental illness, I haven't seen many American documentaries as devoted to stalled-out minds. Soda's appreciation for his subjects' desperate resilience and camaraderie is balanced by an unappeasable crank monopolizing the community-center phone at the film's conclusion.

http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-02-11/film/living-ain-t-easy-at-moma-s-documentary-fortnight/