It's Kind of a Funny Story

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It's Kind of a Funny Story

Release Date: October 8, 2010
Studio: Focus Features
Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Screenwriter: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Genre: Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic issues, sexual content, drug material and language)
Website: ItsKindofaFunnyStorymovie.com

Starring: Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Zoe Kravitz, Aasif Mandvi, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan

Plot Summary: What's a 16-year-old boy doing playing music and table tennis with adult psychiatric patients – on a school day? It's kind of a funny story... "It's Kind of a Funny Story," adapted from Ned Vizzini's 2006 novel of the same name, is the new comedy-drama from acclaimed writer/directors Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden. It's @5:00 AM on a Sunday in Brooklyn. Craig Gilner (played by Keir Gilchrist of "United States of Tara") is bicycling up to the entrance of a mental health clinic; this bright 16-year-old is stressed out from the demands of being a teenager. Before his parents (Lauren Graham [of "Parenthood"] and Jim Gaffigan [of "Away We Go"]) and younger sister are even awake, Craig checks himself into Argenon Hospital and is admitted by a psychiatrist. But the youth ward is temporarily closed – so he finds himself stuck in the adult ward. One of the patients, Bobby (Zach Galifianakis of "The Hangover"), soon becomes both Craig's mentor and protégé. Craig is also quickly drawn to another 16-year-old displaced to the adult ward, the sensitive Noelle (Emma Roberts of the upcoming "Scream 4"), who just might make him forget his longtime unrequited crush Nia (Zoë Kravitz of the upcoming "Mad Max"). With a minimum five days' stay imposed on him by the adult ward's staff psychiatrist Dr. Eden Minerva (Academy Award nominee Viola Davis), Craig is sustained by friendships on both the inside and the outside as he learns more about life, love, and the pressures of growing up.

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Its Kind of a Funny Story

Absolutely loved this movie. Funny and well paced. Not sure if many here will like it or even see it. But I thoroughly enjoyed it. Zach Galifianakis cracks me up. Quickly becoming one of my comedy favorites!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pq7HKc9z8

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I liked it alot, even though it was very close to home. I have a close family member that struggles with similar issues (depression etc.) and actually wound up in a place just like this for about a week. While the whole thing was scary and weird, the place was actually funny and the people there were amazing people, they were just troubled.

I thought they did a great job of making it real and relating how it really is. Mental illness is not a joke, but it can still be funny..
 

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I thought they did a great job of making it real and relating how it really is. Mental illness is not a joke, but it can still be funny..

Well put. This was a touching film. Well done all around.
 

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