Its Kind of a Funny Story 2010

 2010

Starring
Zach Galifianakis
Keir Gilchrist
Emma Roberts


Plot: 16 year old Craig  has been having so much stress form not only his own family but, for every day life events as smart teenager who goes to a top private school in New York would being going through. He seeks out help via the suicide hot line and they tell him to go to a certain hospital and tell them what his thinking of doing. With out any hesitation he goes and the Dr tells him that he should be fine and would call his parents but, Craig pleads to stay cause he believes he will hurt himself outside the hospital. The Doctor admits him to psychiatric floor. Craig is going to be meeting a who's who different kinds of people that he has never faced besides himself .

From the beginning when Craig (Gilchrist) arrives on 3 North which is the adult psychiatric floor, he points out that he is only sixteen years old and it is explained to him that the teenage floor is under renovation and he will be bunking up here. Craig begins to realize t he believes he has made a mistake and wants them to release him into the custody of his parents.  Unfortunately the Lead Psychiatrist has put him on a five day hold. Maybe because of his age but as far as I know it is usually only 24-48 under the age of 18. One of the members of three North who is selected to show him around is Bobby (Galifianakis) Bobby has been here for a little while with the same problems that Craig has. Bobby has wanted to commit suicide a half dozen times but he has a driving force behind that he doesn't. The role play between Bobby and Craig is extraordinary. Bobby has been in and out of the ward for a while and is trying to get into a group home so he could be closer tot he one thing his wants to live for. Craig learns a lot form Bobby about life away from the one he is used to. He teaches him the ins and outs of the hospital try's to make him see the life from everyone's else's lives.

Before Craig comes into the hospital his has the hots for his best friends girl friend. I mean a deep down crush, however since she is falling all over Craig's best friend he makes her untouchable but considers her still a friend. Once inside the hospital he meets a girl Noelle (Roberts) who has a trouble past and is being held on a 21 day hold cause she is a cutter. They are the only few teens on the ward and begin to find happiness in one another which eventually turns into love.

During his time on 3 north Craig begins to find a happiness in his life and takes that new positive energy and turns to help another person on the ward to get his life back in order. Craig's problems will never go away unless he begins to grow up and handle them himself and we begin to see that change towards the end of the move.

This quote sums up Bobbies character and what he wants his life to be.
Bobby: See, that's the part I don't get, Craig. I mean, you're cool, you're smart, you're talented. You have a family that loves you. You know, what I would do just to be you, for just a day? I would... I would do so much. I would... I don't know. I would just... I'd just live. Like it meant something.

I normally wouldn't have really any interest in this type of movie but since I heard the book is good and  the cast was way above par from a low b grade movie I will probably watch this movie at least 6 more times in the near future. This is a must for all movie goers out their and I hope you all enjoy it as my Wife and I did.