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It's Kind of a Funny Story

2010

Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck

Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Lauren Graham ...

6.4

10,386

Comedy. Drama 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It's kind of a rubbish story (...) Sentimental, questionable and boring (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Galifianakis is a comic force of nature (...) but he digs down here and delivers a beautifully nuanced performance that gets under your skin. Just like the movie (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"The filmmakers fully retain their offbeat sensibility and attentiveness to character while providing perhaps the sharpest showcase yet for Zach Galifianakis’ outsized talents"	POS
United States	Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter	"A dramatically inert, lethargic dramedy that isn't nearly as quirky and poignant is it perceives itself."	NEG
United States	Leonard Maltin IndieWire	"[It] only skims the surface of its serious subject matter (...) Several characters and relationships are woefully underwritten (...) I’m afraid I have to call this a misfire"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"[It] has charm (...) The journey is aided immeasurably by the casting of Keir Gilchrist (...) A beautiful thing in this film, which is fairly lovely throughout, is the way Galifianakis looks at Gilchrist"	POS
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"[It lacks] genuine emotional pain. Still, the movie’s an often charming example of 'Cuckoo’s Nest' Lite (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"[It] demonstrates an impressive commitment to its understated, lifelike tone (...) Unfortunately, the intentionally small-stakes drama that plays out can’t help but feel inconsequential."	NEU

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