Review of It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) by Lauren C — 24 Apr 2011

"It's Kind of a Funny Story" is a cute, feel-good, kind of quirky movie.

That certainly had some potential. Here is my full review of the movie.

With an interesting family dynamic of the main character Craig (Keir.

Gilchrist) and his parents George (Jim Gaffigan) and Lynn (Lauren.

Graham), Craig feels he can't live up to the standards expecting by.

Them and his school, and contemplates ending his life.

The first few scenes are bad, and for a few moments I contemplated.

Turning it off, but being the nice guy I am decided to give it some.

More time. It started picking up steam, quickly.

It had kinda of a feel of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, only with a teenager. After being admitted he makes the best of the situation and tries to adapt to his new surroundings.

Liked the scene that shows what his lifestyle is "supposed" to entail once he gets out of school and lands the perfect job. The various video clips were interesting to watch.

Learned a new term - "flirt punch".

I actually enjoyed Zach Galifianakis's performance, he was actually quite likable with humor I could get behind - unlike his role in DUE DATE.

Great first scene between Craig (Keir Gilchrist)and Noelle (Emma Roberts), as they had good chemistry.

Cute music video number but too long.

Notable quote : "A mental hospital isn't the best place to hook up".

There were lots of cliche phrases ("get busy living') and message toward the end, and I couldn't help but roll my eyes at most of them. The romantic element of the movie was pretty weak.

Cheesy line as a metaphor for the main character's life "It's not a mess, it's just undergoing renovations".

There was a silly dance scene at the end. To wrap up my review of "It's Kind of a Funny Story" pretty weak overall, but it had some nice moments and a few good laughs.