It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010): Cast, Ratings & Box Office
It's Kind of a Funny Story is a 2010 comedy drama directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, starring Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis and Emma Roberts. It runs 1 hour 41 minutes and earned $6.5 million worldwide on a $8 million budget. It earned 1 award nomination, including Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Comedy at the Artios Awards 2011. Critics gave it 59% on Rotten Tomatoes and 63 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 7.1/10.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 41m (101 min)
- Directors
- Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Focus Features
- Budget
- $8M
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is It's Kind of a Funny Story About?
The premise of It's Kind of a Funny Story without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Craig Gilner, a teenager struggling with overwhelming anxiety, voluntarily checks himself into a mental health clinic in Brooklyn. Due to an administrative error, he’s placed in the adult ward, where he unexpectedly connects with patients Bobby and Noelle. During his five-day stay, Craig experiences a unique perspective on life, love, and the challenges of growing up, while also confronting his own insecurities and the pressures he faces.
It's Kind of a Funny Story Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- mental illness
- fear of failure
- depression
- based on novel
- friendship
- psychiatric ward
- vomiting
- anxiety
- art
- suicide attempt
- father son relationship
- friendship between boys
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- self injury
- teenager
- teenage protagonist
- teenage boy protagonist
- teenage girl
- male protagonist
- psychiatric hospital
- title directed by female
- female director
- female filmmaker
- self harm
- reference to zoloft
- schizophrenic patient
- reference to gucci
- pizza party
- reference to doogie howser
- character says i love you
- table tennis
- reference to kurt cobain
- year 1999
- reference to ian curtis
- playing basketball
- stress
- reference to wolfgang amadeus mozart
- reference to ativan
- reference to salvador allende
- reference to joy division
- reference to adam smith
- impersonating a doctor
- reference to vicodin
- suicidal
- falling off a bridge
- reference to band aid
- reference to ernest hemingway
- flipping someone off
- kiss on the cheek
- reference to vampire weekend
- reference to alec baldwin
It's Kind of a Funny Story Cast
Keir Gilchrist leads the cast, with Zach Galifianakis and Emma Roberts. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
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Co-director Ryan Fleck
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It's Kind of a Funny Story Reviews & Ratings
Critics gave It's Kind of a Funny Story 59% on Rotten Tomatoes and 63 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 7.1/10.
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IMDb 7.1 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes 59% Tomatometer
Popcornmeter 66%
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Metacritic 63 Metascore
User score 7.2
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TMDB 70% User score
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It's Kind of a Funny Story Plot Summary
What happens in It's Kind of a Funny Story from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
After contemplating a drastic step from the Brooklyn Bridge, 16-year-old Craig Gilner (Keir Gilchrist) makes the pivotal decision to seek help at a hospital. He urgently expresses his need for assistance to Dr. Mahmoud (Aasif Mandvi), leading to Craig’s admission to the psychiatric ward for a week. Initially, uncertainty clouds Craig’s mind as he worries about missing school and what his friends, especially his crush Nia (Zoë Kravitz) and her boyfriend Aaron (Thomas Mann), might think. Complicating matters, he finds himself in the adult ward due to a lack of teenage patients, leaving him feeling out of place and apprehensive amidst the older individuals dealing with their own struggles.
Full summary
The whole story of It's Kind of a Funny Story, scene by scene
It's Kind of a Funny Story Box Office & Budget
It's Kind of a Funny Story grossed $6.5 million worldwide on a $8 million budget, 81% of what it cost. $6.4 million came from the US and Canada and $127,612 (2%) from the rest of the world.
Worldwide gross
$6.5M
81% of its budget back
- US & Canada
- $6.4M
- International
- $127.6K
- Budget
- $8M
It's Kind of a Funny Story Awards & Nominations
It's Kind of a Funny Story earned 1 award nomination, including Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Comedy at the Artios Awards 2011.
1 nomination1 ceremony
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Artios Awards 2011 1 nomination- Nominated Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Comedy
It's Kind of a Funny Story Trailers & Videos
10 videos: 1 trailer, 3 teasers and 6 clips.
- Teaser TV Spot - Revelation
- Teaser TV Spot - Found Sanity
- Teaser TV Spot - Doogie
- Clip Are You a Doctor Clip
How Well Do You Know It's Kind of a Funny Story?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
- Question 1: not answered
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- Question 5: not answered
- Question 6: not answered
- Question 7: not answered
- Question 8: not answered
- Question 9: not answered
- Question 10: not answered
What led Craig Gilner to seek help at the hospital?
Cars in It's Kind of a Funny Story
1 car on screen: the 2003 Chevrolet Kodiak.
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2003 Chevrolet Kodiak Background role
It's Kind of a Funny Story Also Known As
32 alternative titles, including “It's Kind of a Funny Story - Eine echt verrückte Story” and “说来可笑”.
- Also known as
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- It's Kind of a Funny Story - Eine echt verrückte Story
- 说来可笑
- 滑稽故事
- 精神世界
- Es Como una Historia Alegre
- Se Enlouquecer
- Não Se Apaixone
- Une drôle d'histoire
- Это очень забавная история
- Něco jako komedie
- 5 giorni fuori
- Una historia casi divertida
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- Nyomás alatt
- Једна смешна прича
- 说来有点可笑
- Całkiem zabawna historia
- Μια Παρέα
- Λίγο... Κούκου
- זה סיפור קצת מצחיק
- ボクの人生を変えた5日間
- Komik Bir Hikaye
- E un fel de poveste amuzantă
- 잇츠 퍼니 스토리
- Всъщност е забавна история
- Diezgan jocīgs stāsts
- Una historia diferente
- Це дуже забавна історія, ეს ამბავი ძალიან სახალისოა
- Như Một Truyện Cười
- Gana juokinga istorija
- ขอบ้าสักพัก หารักให้เจอ
- C'est comme une drôle d'histoire
- 說來有點可笑
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It's Kind of a Funny Story FAQ: Cast & Box Office
Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office, ratings, awards and post-credit scenes of It's Kind of a Funny Story, each answered in a sentence.
How long is It's Kind of a Funny Story?
It's Kind of a Funny Story runs 1 hour 41 minutes (101 minutes).
When was It's Kind of a Funny Story released?
It's Kind of a Funny Story was released on October 8, 2010.
Who directed It's Kind of a Funny Story?
It's Kind of a Funny Story was directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
More films by Anna Boden Who is in the cast of It's Kind of a Funny Story?
It's Kind of a Funny Story stars Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis and Emma Roberts.
How much did It's Kind of a Funny Story make at the box office?
It's Kind of a Funny Story grossed $6.5 million worldwide ($6.4 million domestic, $127,612 international) on a budget of $8 million.
How is It's Kind of a Funny Story rated?
It's Kind of a Funny Story has 7.1/10 on IMDb, 59% on Rotten Tomatoes, 63 on Metacritic and 70% on TMDB.
Was It's Kind of a Funny Story nominated for any awards?
It's Kind of a Funny Story received 1 nomination across 1 ceremony.
Does It's Kind of a Funny Story have a post-credit scene?
No. It's Kind of a Funny Story has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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