Hello MM-

I read your question a few days ago, so I decided to go rent the movie myself and see.  I am bipolar and I had never seen the movie.  My husband and I watched it last night and I can see where you would question if it was an accurate portrayal of a bipolar person.  I personally thought it was not clear enough.  So for those who don't know much about bipolar, I would think anyone watching it would just assume from the movie that bipolar people are nothing but pathalogical liars, which is far from the truth.  The only part I did think the movie hit on that was very accurate was how he was constantly having thoughts running through his head even if he was in a conversation with someone.  That does happen... for me it happens pretty much non-stop, and most the time I have trouble sleeping at night because I can't get the thoughts to stop so I can rest.  The movie left me puzzled as to what they were trying to portray about him.  I couldn't figure out if they were saying he was in a manic episode for most of those years and lied without even realizing what he was actually doing or what.  Because unless a person is having an episode, they don't just lie and not realize they are lying.  So, I kinda thought the movie was a bit disappointing just because of how it made the viewer look at a bipolar person... just simply as a pathalogical liar.  I think they should have mentioned in the movie what kind of episode he was going through and how long it lasted or at the end where they put the specifics in writing like on the time served, new job, etc. they should have touched on his specific episode(s) during that time.  I think that would have clarified his situation a little better.   Interesting movie though...