Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 10/08/2010 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for mature thematic issues, sexual content, drug material and language Running Time 101 Minutes Genre Comedy, Drama Director Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden Writer Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden Cast Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan, Zoë Kravitz, and Zach Galifianakis Studio Focus Features |
IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY (2010)
SYNOPSIS
What’s a 16-year-old boy doing playing music and table
tennis with adult psychiatric patients – on a school
day? It’s kind of a funny story… IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY
STORY, adapted from Ned Vizzini’s 2006 novel of the
same name, is the new comedy-drama from acclaimed
writer/directors Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden (Half Nelson,
Sugar).
It’s @5:00 A.M. on a Sunday in Brooklyn. Craig Gilner
(played by Keir Gilchrist of United States of Tara) is
bicycling up to the entrance of a mental health clinic;
this bright 16-year-old is stressed out from the
demands of being a teenager. Before his parents
(Lauren Graham [of Parenthood] and Jim Gaffigan [of
Away We Go]) and younger sister are even awake,
Craig checks himself into Argenon Hospital and is
admitted by a psychiatrist. But the youth ward is
temporarily closed – so he finds himself stuck in the
adult ward.
One of the patients, Bobby (Zach Galifianakis of The
Hangover), soon becomes both Craig’s mentor and
protégé. Craig is also quickly drawn to another 16-year-
old displaced to the adult ward, the sensitive Noelle
(Emma Roberts of the upcoming Scream 4), who just
might make him forget his longtime unrequited crush
Nia (Zoë Kravitz of the upcoming Mad Max). With a
minimum five days’ stay imposed on him by the adult
ward’s staff psychiatrist Dr. Eden Minerva (Academy
Award nominee Viola Davis), Craig is sustained by
friendships on both the inside and the outside as he
learns more about life, love, and the pressures of
growing up. --© Focus Features
What’s a 16-year-old boy doing playing music and table
tennis with adult psychiatric patients – on a school
day? It’s kind of a funny story… IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY
STORY, adapted from Ned Vizzini’s 2006 novel of the
same name, is the new comedy-drama from acclaimed
writer/directors Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden (Half Nelson,
Sugar).
It’s @5:00 A.M. on a Sunday in Brooklyn. Craig Gilner
(played by Keir Gilchrist of United States of Tara) is
bicycling up to the entrance of a mental health clinic;
this bright 16-year-old is stressed out from the
demands of being a teenager. Before his parents
(Lauren Graham [of Parenthood] and Jim Gaffigan [of
Away We Go]) and younger sister are even awake,
Craig checks himself into Argenon Hospital and is
admitted by a psychiatrist. But the youth ward is
temporarily closed – so he finds himself stuck in the
adult ward.
One of the patients, Bobby (Zach Galifianakis of The
Hangover), soon becomes both Craig’s mentor and
protégé. Craig is also quickly drawn to another 16-year-
old displaced to the adult ward, the sensitive Noelle
(Emma Roberts of the upcoming Scream 4), who just
might make him forget his longtime unrequited crush
Nia (Zoë Kravitz of the upcoming Mad Max). With a
minimum five days’ stay imposed on him by the adult
ward’s staff psychiatrist Dr. Eden Minerva (Academy
Award nominee Viola Davis), Craig is sustained by
friendships on both the inside and the outside as he
learns more about life, love, and the pressures of
growing up. --© Focus Features
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