It's Kind of a Funny Story
– A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric w..
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
08 Oct 2010
English
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.
Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Anna Boden (screenplay), Ryan Fleck (screenplay), Ned Vizzini (novel)
Keir Gilchrist, Dana DeVestern, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan
Craig is a high-school junior, in the gifted program, infatuated with his best friend's girl. When he realizes he's suicidal, he checks himself into the psychiatric ward of a hospital, thinking they'll do an observation, help him, and send him home in time for school the next day. Once in, however, he must stay for a week; the juvenile ward is being renovated, so he's in with adults as well as a few youths. Bobby, a man with a young daughter, shows him around; Craig notices Noelle, about his age. He tries to keep his friends from finding out where he is. Little things: he draws, goes to therapy, sings, helps Bobby rehearse an interview. Is this the stuff of insight?
2 nominations.
$6,350,058
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