A place for FF's to write and read brief reviews of books and films for the benefit of other FF's.

A place for FF's to write and read brief reviews of books and films for the benefit of other FF's.

Monday, May 23, 2011

It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

A New York City kid is stressed out at his elite private school and all the demands on him so he checks himself into a psych ward. Zach Galifinakis is a charming mental patient and there are a few funny crazy people moments, but all of the montage-y parts about the main character's stressful life are pretty boring. There are sort of two movies here: one is a pleasant indie movie about a basically sane teenager becoming friends with a wacky fringe character, and the other is a bad, zany comedy in which the protagonist suffers from random, fake-looking projectile vomiting. Still, very watchable.

2 comments:

  1. I liked this movie a lot. The writer/directors' other movies, "Half Nelson" and "Sugar", are great, for people who haven't seen them. I guess I forgave the unevenness and weird tone of "Funny Story" by thinking of it as basically "Half Nelson" for tweens (i.e. a thing that it is weird that it exists, but hey, sure, I'll watch that.)

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  2. I saw Half Nelson in the theater with RCK and he fell asleep before the previews were over.

    Another solid funny mental patient movie is "Dream Team" with Michael Keaton.

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