It's Kind of a Funny Story

Focus Features | Release Date: October 8, 2010

7.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 140 Ratings

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SurveyofAdClassOct 25, 2010

If I needed an encyclopedia on every romanic comedy cliche ever conceived, It's Kind of a Funny Story would be my perfect guide. I think it all went downhill when the main character, unsure of how to grab the attention of a girl he likes,If I needed an encyclopedia on every romanic comedy cliche ever conceived, It's Kind of a Funny Story would be my perfect guide. I think it all went downhill when the main character, unsure of how to grab the attention of a girl he likes, receives the most "important" piece of advice in the whole film: drop the L word. The L word of course being Love, not Lesbians as Scott Pilgrim vs. The World put it for us earlier this year; a film by the way that actually broke some ground in the romcom genre. Of course, the main character being the dweeby idiot that most love story protagonists are these days, drops the L word at complete wrong moment... Top it off it with lover boy figuring out to win her back in the matter of 20 minutes and then a romantic makeout session on a scenic rooftop with the view of the sunset. Seriously? Despite the cliches this movie is riddled with cheesy performances and flat jokes. Zack Galifianakis is of course the films only redeeming quality; seeing him pull off a serious role so effectively is will give you chills... but everything else drags it down.… Expand

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LaGuertaMar 4, 2013

So inoffensive that it's offensive. It is cliché ridden and tries too hard to be quirky. Boden and Fleck select a subject matter that hasn't yet been given the treatment required for greater societal understanding and by approaching it inSo inoffensive that it's offensive. It is cliché ridden and tries too hard to be quirky. Boden and Fleck select a subject matter that hasn't yet been given the treatment required for greater societal understanding and by approaching it in such a casual way, trivialise… Expand

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maria1Jan 6, 2014

This film disgusts me, my daughter is 13 and after watching it she requested we go to the doctors because of the mood swings she had been having. This film is promoting medication to a very young audience and should not be allowed to do so

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CameraBounceGodMar 5, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. other than wanting to immediately beat up the kid and have galifinakis be my dad.....this movie was awesome.....i'm 23 and i still don't have a job yet though so i couldn't enjoy it...is galifinakis a doctor or no? i wish there wouldn't be a love story in every movie....i mean movies should be for people who need them to be good. lol...im sorry....bragging about 8 dollars lol...guarantee the subject of that girls scars comes up...no big deal..just sayin.......ill finish some other time...… Expand

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