It’s Kind of a Funny Story

Movie: It’s Kind of a Funny Story

Cast: Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan, Zach Galifianakis.

Genre: Comedy

I saw it on: October 19, 2010

Synopsis: This was an unusual movie.  Craig (Gilchrist) is depressed teenager and has been having suicidal dreams.  He decides to check himself into a psych ward.  When he sees how seriously disturbed some of the people are, he changes his mind.  That is when he learns you can’t just decide to leave.  So now he is stuck in the psych ward for a fixed number of days for evaluation.  One his fellow patients is Bobby, played by Zach Galifianakis.  During his stay, Craig learns that his fellow patients are not just a lot of crazy people.  He forms some real attachments to them and is able to actually help some them.

My two cents:  This was a quirky little movie.  It was interesting to see the range of acting Zach Galifianakis was capable of.  His character was initially what you would expect from Galifianakis – but he brought a lot of depth to it.  I found it impressive.  It was also interesting to see Jim Gaffigan (Craig’s father) playing a pretty straight non-comedic role. I had a lot of fun watching Craig as he went from a “get me out of here” attitude to forming bonds with the patients and coming to appreciate the reasons for many of them being there.

The one-on-one scenes between Craig and Bobby were the best parts of this movie for me.

Definitely worth seeing.