It's Kind of a Funny Story
A normal teenager named Craig Gilner, 16 years old. Craig began to stand up to his requirements in adolescence, trying to live like a teenager. Craig is still very concerned about these demands and may be in a violent confrontation as he realizes that he is in a suicidal state. Craig went to a psychiatric clinic for psychotherapy to restore his life to maturity and normal nature without the noise of adolescence.
1 December 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 September 1991, Portland, Oregon, USA
10 February 1991, Rhinebeck, New York, USA
28 November 1954, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
8 October 1969, Saugus, California, USA
18 April 1968, Long Beach Island, New Jersey, USA
17 December 1939, Brooklyn, New York, USA
7 July 1966, Chesterton, Indiana, USA
5 March 1966, Bombay, India
8 June 1959, Colombo, Sri Lanka
12 June 1989, New York City, New York, USA
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March 31, 2011
...runs out of steam about half way through but with a likable cast and an interesting setup you'll want to finish what you started.
February 01, 2011
It's also a kind of two-dimensional romance, a kind of flippant look at life on a mental ward, and (...) kind of made me want to give Zach Galifianakis a hug.
January 27, 2011
The film's central element -- its sensitive exploration of a young teen's emotional confusion -- creates strong audience empathy, however, and gives Fleck and Boden a fertile focus for their signature light-hearted humanist storytelling.
July 14, 2011
For all its problems, though, the film is easy-going, frequently channels into a sweet-natured tone and is able to raise a few chuckles.
October 15, 2010
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, the film's co-writing-directing team, are too principled to tip the film into the slacker reaches of sorrow.
August 15, 2011
Galifianakis [is] able to turn on a dime; balancing his disarming humour with moments of anguished outbreaks. His is one of the best supporting performances of recent memory; equally funny and heartbreaking. If only I could say the same of the movie.
October 11, 2010
The writing-directing team of Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden have created a solid mix of serious, darker scenes and flights of fancy.
January 05, 2011
A pleasant movie, but no more.
April 04, 2011
It may not be One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but it's also not Patch Adams.
November 06, 2010
The journey is aided immeasurably by the casting of Keir Gilchrist as young Craig. He has dark, sensitive eyes and a probity about him that wins you to his side.
October 11, 2010
The acting is strong, with Galifianakis doing an especially good job as the likeable Bobby.
January 31, 2011
It's Kind of a Funny Story lacks substance, but after you've spent a short time in this ward, you have to agree with Craig: These crazies aren't so bad.
