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It's Kind of a Funny Story
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
2010 · Directed by Anna Boden · 102 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 22 frames
Tagline
Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy as you think.
Crew
- Screenplay: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden
- Cinematography: Andrij Parekh
- Edited by: Anna Boden
- Music: Kevin Drew
- Production design: Beth Mickle
- Produced by: Ben Browning, Kevin Misher
Cast
- Keir Gilchrist as Craig
- Emma Roberts as Noelle
- Zach Galifianakis as Bobby
- Viola Davis as Eden Minerva
- Lauren Graham as Lynn
- Jim Gaffigan as George
- Zoë Kravitz as Nia
- Jeremy Davies as Smitty
- Matthew Maher as Humble
- Adrian Martinez as Johnny
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Focus Features, Wayfare Entertainment, Misher Films, Journeyman Pictures
- Budget: $8,000,000
- Box office: $6,491,240
- Themes: depression, based on novel or book, coming of age, teen movie, psychiatric ward, woman director, anxiety disorder, based on young adult novel, suicidal ideation
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