---
title: 'Mental (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'P. J. Hogan'
released: '2012-08-18'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mental-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655416/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mental (2012)

2012 · 116 min · Comedy, Drama · Australia, United States


## Synopsis

Mental is a 2012 comedy-drama film written and directed by P. J. Hogan. The film stars Toni Collette, Anthony LaPaglia, Liev Schreiber, and Rebecca Gibney. It follows a hitchhiker transforming a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five teenage girls whose mother has cracked from her husband's political ambitions and his infidelity.

## Credits

- **Director:** [P. J. Hogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-j-hogan)
- **Screenplay:** [P. J. Hogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-j-hogan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Yezerski](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-yezerski)
- **Director of Photography:** [Donald McAlpine](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-mcalpine)
- **Editor:** [Jill Bilcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-bilcock)

## Cast

- [Kerry Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/kerry-fox)
- [Liev Schreiber](https://cinepixo.com/people/liev-schreiber)
- [Deborah Mailman](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-mailman)
- [Toni Collette](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-collette)
- [Caroline Goodall](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-goodall)
- [Lily Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lily-sullivan)
- [Rebecca Gibney](https://cinepixo.com/people/rebecca-gibney)
- [Anthony LaPaglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-lapaglia)
- [Bethany Whitmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/bethany-whitmore)
- [Sam Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-clark)
- [Sophie Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-lee)

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Official site: http://mentalmovie.com.au/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mental-2012
Film facts: Wikidata (Q12126147); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.