Schizophrenics in the Movies

Last week I went to two movies, and both happen to feature a key character (not a main character, but an important character) who suffers from schizophrenia. Though I wasn't watching for this, I don't think the word "schizophrenia" was actually mentioned in either movie. Neither movie romanticizes mental illness in the way that Benny and Joon or Mr Jones did (aren't mentally ill people sexy and lovable???), but instead show how very painful it is for the people who love these characters. The movies were very different and both very worth seeing. Proof, with Gwenyth Paltrow as the very pained daughter of a brilliant but ill math genius. In Her Shoes, which is a great movie that's about a lot of stuff, including the impact of the mentally ill character (the deceased mother of the two main characters, played by Toni Collette and Cameron Diaz). Very thought-provoking stuff.