Fresh
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.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy as you think.
2010 · 1h 42m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Anna Boden
,
Ryan Fleck
Overview
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A pleasant movie, but no more.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Fresh
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.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
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.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
The writing-directing team of Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden have created a solid mix of serious, darker scenes and flights of fancy.
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
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