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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75MovielineStephanie ZacharekMovielineStephanie ZacharekSometimes, maybe, it's a little too unoffensive: It's Kind of a Funny Story is so gentle, so anxious not to put a foot wrong, that it doesn't have much sticking power. But its casually compassionate perspective is also what makes it work.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumIt's Kind of a Funny Story may be the first psych-ward drama to draw on John Hughes movies for tonal reference.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe result is both a success and a disappointment. It's Kind of a Funny Story, divided into neat little daylong chapters in Craig's stay, lacks the staying power and bittersweet layering of "Half Nelson" and "Sugar."
- 70VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThe filmmakers fully retain their offbeat sensibility and attentiveness to character while providing perhaps the sharpest showcase yet for Zach Galifianakis' outsized talents.
- 70Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzGilchrist, Emma Roberts and, especially, Zach Galifianakis, give affecting performances, but they are ultimately let down by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's screenplay.
- 60Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderA fairly standard coming-of-age story, but the peripheral wackos keep it from feeling too pat. The film inhabits that elusive space between sanity and insanity, where most of life takes place.
- 50Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreCute, bordering on cutesy, yes. Light and shallow and inconsequential in a lot of ways. But funny? Rarely.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenA dramatically inert, lethargic dramedy that isn't nearly as quirky and poignant is it perceives itself.
- 40Village VoiceVillage Voice"I used to think art was just bourgeois decadence," a wiser Craig says in the end, which is funny, because that's kind of what this film is.
- 40Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfMaterial like this doesn't require the additional strain of overnarrated freeze-frames, a "Cuckoo's Nest" supporting cast of adorable crazies and a Glee-ified musical number set to Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure."