It's Kind of a Funny Story
A clinically-depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
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"An important movie, and an original movie whose originality is not its reason for being. That is, "It's Kind of a Funny Story" has emotional chops. Musical chops as well, but that's another review. Yes, the shadow of a memory of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" came to me while watching, but I have to say this echo did not lessen "Kind of a Funny Story" by comparison. It's not an angry movie. It's not a star vehicle. It's not a plot-fest. It is not ego-driven. It is not desperate for laughs, though I laughed hard on several occasion..."
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The film is an adaptation of Ned Vizzini's 2006 novel of the same name. While fictional, Vizzini used his own experiences from a brief hospitalization for depression in November 2004 as his inspiration for the book. On December 19th, 2013, Vizzini committed suicide at the age of 32 by jumping off the roof of the building where his parents lived in Brooklyn.
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A clinically-depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.