Title: It’s Kind of a Funny Story Directed by: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Starring: Keir Gilchrist, Dana DeVestern, Lauren Graham and Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover 2) Sometimes movies have the perfect setup to be the next great American icon that will leave audiences talking about them for years to come. ‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’ seemed like it would be one of those movies, as it stars such famous actors as Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis and Lauren Graham. Plus, it’s based on the 2006 novel of the same name, which itself was inspired by author Ned Vizzini’s own experiences after hospitalized for depression in late 2004. Unfortunately, the film adaptation, [...]...
- 10/16/2010
- by karen
- ShockYa
Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Writer(s): Anna Boden (screenplay), Ryan Fleck (screenplay), Ned Vizzini (novel) Starring: Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Zoe Kravitz, Dana DeVestern, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan, Jeremy Davies Craig (Keir Gilchrist) is feeling suicidal, and we get that pretty early on in It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Pondering the big jump, Craig heads to the hospital, where after a bit a badgering, Craig is admitted to the mental ward. He soon finds that being in “the loony bin” is not all it’s cracked up to be, but rash decisions often amount to tough consequences, and Craig is stuck for a week with a bunch of crazy people. But rather than wallow in self-pity (ok, he does do a bit of that) Craig finds a few friends, like Bobby (Zach Galifianakis) who takes Craig under his wing. Craig also falls for a...
- 10/8/2010
- by Dirk Sonniksen
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
“It’s Kind of a Funny Story” opens with a dream sequence. Craig (Keir Gilchrist), the movie’s central character, dreams of riding his bike to a bridge to jump off in order to kill himself. Before he can jump his mother (Lauren Graham), father (Jim Gaffigan), and little sister (Dana DeVestern) shows up to ask him if he bothered to consider what will become of his bike after he jumps. That’s kind of funny, right? Well, that’s the kind of humor we get from the writing and directing team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Keep in mind...
- 10/7/2010
- by Steven Lebowitz, West Palm Beach and Miami Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
Chicago – In our latest comedy/drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the new film “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” with Zach Galifianakis and Jim Gaffigan!
The film also stars Lauren Graham, Emma Roberts, Keir Gilchrist, Dana DeVestern, Viola Davis, Karen Chilton, Aasif Mandvi, Jared Goldstein, Alan Aisenberg, Zoë Kravitz, Thomas Mann, Jeremy Davies, Lou Myers and Rosalyn Coleman from writers and directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “It’s Kind of a...
The film also stars Lauren Graham, Emma Roberts, Keir Gilchrist, Dana DeVestern, Viola Davis, Karen Chilton, Aasif Mandvi, Jared Goldstein, Alan Aisenberg, Zoë Kravitz, Thomas Mann, Jeremy Davies, Lou Myers and Rosalyn Coleman from writers and directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “It’s Kind of a...
- 10/2/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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