Flipping Out (film)

Flipping Out is a 2007 Israeli-Canadian documentary film directed by Yoav Shamir describing the drug use of Israeli men and women in India.

[1] It follows Israeli soldiers who take their discharge bonus and travel to India, where 90 percent will take drugs and around 2,000 will eventually need professional help after experiencing drug-induced mental breakdowns, or "flipping out".

The documentary shows the response of Israeli agencies to the growing problem of settlements in India with ex-soldiers involved in drug use.

Yoav Shamir described it as a sequel to his 2003 documentary Checkpoint, which follows Israeli soldiers in disputed Green Zone territories.

"[6] The critic continued: Too many storylines tend to dilute the strongest strands, while pic misses a trick by scrimping on viewpoints of local Indians.