Having read the book twice, it wasn't easy for the movie to get 10 out of 10 points. Of course no movie can be a substitute for a book, so you have to distinguish between them and their functions.
The movie really should discourage everyone from taking drugs and the actors, too, do a great job when giving you an impression how horrid such a life can be.
But there are some definitive lacks the movie has: in the book, relatives and people who were involved in the case "Christiane F" commented on the text and told their point of view (in the current state of the book). Like that, you got a more complete view and there's an even more important fact: The enlightenment work has more effect and more awareness on the reader-side is created.
Another huge lack is: Her childhood and thoughts are completely left out. Like this, the causes for drug addiction are not really traceable. It all seems like "a quest for something new" in her dull life. In her psychological work "Am Anfang war Erziehung" (don't know the English title) Alice Miller describes the quite perfect awareness of Christiane F. and her ability to pronounce her fears and the mechanisms she follows. The plot of the movie makes it sort of one-dimensional.
With this background one might tend to dislike the movie and call it superficial and "just feeding those craving for sensation".
There's another argument corroborating this: The whole process which led her out of the drug scene is left out. There's just a cut and she's at her Grandma's. It's a pity the movie doesn't involve the recipients more in her family life...
In spite of the rather bad plot it's worth 5 out of 10 points.
The movie really should discourage everyone from taking drugs and the actors, too, do a great job when giving you an impression how horrid such a life can be.
But there are some definitive lacks the movie has: in the book, relatives and people who were involved in the case "Christiane F" commented on the text and told their point of view (in the current state of the book). Like that, you got a more complete view and there's an even more important fact: The enlightenment work has more effect and more awareness on the reader-side is created.
Another huge lack is: Her childhood and thoughts are completely left out. Like this, the causes for drug addiction are not really traceable. It all seems like "a quest for something new" in her dull life. In her psychological work "Am Anfang war Erziehung" (don't know the English title) Alice Miller describes the quite perfect awareness of Christiane F. and her ability to pronounce her fears and the mechanisms she follows. The plot of the movie makes it sort of one-dimensional.
With this background one might tend to dislike the movie and call it superficial and "just feeding those craving for sensation".
There's another argument corroborating this: The whole process which led her out of the drug scene is left out. There's just a cut and she's at her Grandma's. It's a pity the movie doesn't involve the recipients more in her family life...
In spite of the rather bad plot it's worth 5 out of 10 points.