Manic was released in the year 2001。

Lyle Jensen is subject to sudden and violent outbursts, and he is committed to the juvenile wing of the Northwood Mental Institution. Several other youths are there with a variety of serious problems. Lyle interacts with other patients and staff on a human, and sometimes not so human level. The psychological problems of the patients also forms the fabric by which we see what's right with them, and what's wrong with the society that affects them.

Manic actors and actresses include Blayne Weaver, Cody Lightning, Don Cheadle, Elden Henson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Bacall, Sara Rivas。