It's Kind of a Funny Story

2010 Directed by Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden

Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy as you think.

A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

Keir Gilchrist Emma Roberts Viola Davis Lauren Graham Jim Gaffigan Jeremy Davies Zoë Kravitz Bernard White Zach Galifianakis Thomas Mann Aasif Mandvi Matthew Maher Adrian Martinez Dana DeVestern Karen Chilton Rosalyn Coleman Daniel London Leo Allen Morgan Murphy Billy McFadden Jared Goldstein Alan Aisenberg Lou Myers MacIntyre Dixon Molly Hager Ato Blankson-Wood Ben Folstein Stewart Steinberg Roddy Skeaping

Alternative Titles

说来可笑, 滑稽故事, It's Kind of a Funny Story - Eine echt verrückte Story, Es Como una Historia Alegre, 精神世界

comedy drama

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Review by Logan Kenny ★★★★ 11

i am depressed. i am suicidal. i am abused and broken and trying my best to not break down in tears at any moment. i am trying to survive, so i can make the movies i want, the music i want, see the places i want to see, meet the people i'm so desperate to see, feel love in person again. i am trying to look forward to things but there is a tidal wave of emotional pain that hits me and that i can't control. i am haunted by the pain from my past and loneliness in my present, i am plagued by an illness i cannot control and i am struggling to fit into a world that doesn't…
Review by HANNAH* ★ 12

maybe if i check myself in a psych ward and find a cute girl inside, we would fall in love then my depression will magically go away aha🤪
also can we address the blatant racism in this movie? all the poc here are just like icebreaker stories u tell everyone at a party
Review by ChandraKanth❄ ★★★★

An unusual movie with some great transition effects of scenes added to the narration.
Nothing new, but still a good watch.
Review by 🦎 ★★★½

when is emma roberts gonna invite ME to a vampire weekend concert
Review by ethan ★★★★

its predictable as hell but idc i need some sort of predictability in my life at the moment
Review by Jack ★★★½ 1

that performance of under pressure is peak cinema. also, zach galifianakis nailing drama is something I never knew I needed until now.
Review by danne

one flew over the cuckoo’s nest for tumblr generation
Review by ally 🦋 ★★★★½ 1

I have always loved coming of age flicks but I never knew how much I needed to watch this until now and I’m so glad I finally did. I am too on the verge of sending in my college applications(though I haven’t written my resume or my personal statements yet but I’ll get there eventually) so as you can imagine I could relate to a significant amount of emotions Craig was feeling in this film.
I love everything about this movie such as the storyline, the directing, the characters, the script, literally everything. I think that every teenager will relate to this film at some point in their lives, maybe even certain adults as well.
After watching It’s Kind Of…
Review by Michael ★★½

I was expecting this to be kinda tough to watch given my first-hand experience with some of the issues in this movie, but nah. It just sucks. Like, it is obviously against romanticizing mental illness, but the romantic subplot kinda negates that ("Look at how beautiful and messed up Noelle is!! She has scars on her face, that means she's tragic and complex!"). And it is sympathetic towards its protagonists, but the side characters are just there as a joke. Look, a Jewish man who did too much acid and is messed up! An Egyptian man who never leaves bed, ain't that something? There are times when the film treats everyone like equals, but most of the time it only gives the time of day to depressed/suicidal people who are still "normal" acting. "Is this the stuff of insight?" the online summary of this movie I read asked. It isn't.
Under Pressure, though. Man, what a song.
Review by Mr. DuLac ★★★ 12

That's not fun. That's propaganda, man. All those Madison Avenue types telling you how to live your life. Fast cars, hot chicks... Reese's Pieces... Gucci... Werther's Original. I don't buy into that bullshit!
-Bobby
This is actually my first film from the writing/directing duo of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. I've been meaning to watch Half Nelson for what feels like forever now, but I have yet to get around to it. It also stars, Keir Gilchrist, who I've apparently never seen in anything despite him being very busy acting for the last decade.
The story revolves around Craig (Gilchrist), a clinically depressed teenager, who admits himself into a psych ward. Most of the setup I liked. Too often films…
Review by 🌺Emma🌺 ½ 5

Growing Pains Challenge || 3/65
I sat through 45 minutes, decided it was crap and watched a cuttla episodes of Skins instead!
Review by maddie ★★½ 1

it isn't

Recent reviews

Review by Emmy ★

Way different from the book and the book was better hehehe typical though.
Review by seligm ★

terrible in every sense of the word. poor keir gilchrist.
Review by Raphaël Desjardins ★★½

To quote my family after this ended :
"Was this supposed to be a comedy? "
Remake this in 2021 and Noelle would be some tiktok e girl with blue hair and a record breaking 45 piercings ranting about how the patriarchy and especially her dad made her depressed so she started listening to her favorite bands Radiohead and Cigarettes after Sex because she's just built different.
This was fine I guess, but it does fall flat against other movies like The perks of being a wallflower. Apparently the book is much better so I'll probably read it.
Review by nachobowie ★★

it ain't funny at all
Review by RogelioMM ★★

Talks about an interesting situation about being a teenager, but I don’t felt it plastically (visually) united.
Review by Ana Margarida ★★★★

this hit hard
Review by Troszy U ★★½

me dormí
Review by Swikar Subba ★★★½

Film #57 of 2021
I just want to begin this review by paying respect to the screenwriter and author of the book this film was adapted from. RIP to Ned Vizzini, I am so sorry that you felt like that your decision was the only solution left and that you weren't able to overcome the demons that were haunting you.
For a 2010 film this sure felt ahead of its time with the way the filmmakers approached the subject of mental health. It was refreshing to see such a nuanced and grounded representation of the many faces mentall illness has and not something that felt glamorised and misrepresented for the sake of exploitative entertainment. I may not experience exactly the…
Review by nicoleevans

great soundtrack and transitions. feel good if u just decide to watch it to feel good. cause your not gunna go on a mental health hospital and find a beautiful emma roberts to kiss your problems away. like i get the revelation of oh i should just live my life and enjoy it is inspiring, however people who are depressed can’t just flip a switch. i feel like craig’s feelings were often invalidated. yes his life wasn’t as bad as others that he knew but the message the movie made was to realize that and then be happy. i don’t think it works like that. but if you just ignore that and the glorification of mental illness than a pretty good all around movie.
Review by Maria ★★★★

Do you think I'm gross looking?
No Emma, no one in their right mind would ever think that.
Low key loved this movie.
Review by lele ★★★½

when i select this movie i was expecting nothing, but at the end i was surprised
its very cute and has a really cool message
Review by B ★★★

Wholesome