It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward. After contemplating suicide by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge, 16-year-old Craig Gilner (Keir Gilchrist) decides to go to the hospital to seek help. He is placed in the adult ward with a few other teenagers because the teenage ward is undergoing renovations. Craig is introduced to Bobby (Zach Galifianakis), an adult patient who claims he is only there on vacation, as he takes Craig under his wing. During a group discussion, Craig learns that Bobby is stressed about an upcoming interview in hopes of moving to a group home. When Bobby states that all he will have to wear for the interview is the sweater that he is currently wearing, Craig offers Bobby one of his dad's dress shirts to wear, and Bobby accepts. Craig's kind offer to Bobby is witnessed by Noelle (Emma Roberts), another teenage patient who is in for self-harm.
Direction Anna Boden · Ryan Fleck
Cast Keir Gilchrist · Zach Galifianakis · Emma Roberts · Lauren Graham · Aasif Mandvi · Viola Davis · Zöe Kravitz · Jeremy Davies · Jim Gaffigan · Mary Birdsong · Adrian Martinez · Jee Young Han
Soundtrack Broken Social Scene
Screenplay Anna Boden · Ryan Fleck · Ned Vizzini
Cinematography Andrij Parekh
Original title It's Kind of a Funny Story
6.4
10K votes (FilmAffinity)
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