Running From Crazy

Barbara Kopple's Running From Crazy (US, 2013) - Fluctuating at random between standard-issue celebrity docu and principled bid to de-stigmatize mental illness, "Running From Crazy" is afflicted with a sort of multiple personality disorder. The pic follows actor-turned-activist Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest, as she reckons with a family legacy of depression and alcoholism, with seven of her relatives having committed suicide. Hemingway, whose acclaimed turn in "Lipstick" at age 13 inspired the lifelong jealousy of her late sister Margaux, opens herself courageously to director Barbara Kopple's camera. But the narratively jumbled film, airing later this year on OWN, features too many scenes that amount to mere stargazing. 2013SUN. RATING: 7