This site uses cookies. By using this site you are agreeing to our privacy and cookie policy. In their first two films, Half Nelson and Sugar , the writer-directing team of Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden managed the notable feat of tackling potentially trite subject matter in original, deeply affecting ways. Focus will open the film on October 8, looking for Oscar votes and art-house interest. Mixed reviews seem likely, further suggesting that many will choose to discover this Funny Story on the small screen. Depressed and vaguely suicidal, Craig Keir Gilchrist decides to check himself into a psychiatric hospital, figuring a quick visit will score him some strong drugs that will improve his mood. But once admitted, he discovers by law that he must spend five days at the facility in order to be granted his leave.
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The book was inspired by Vizzini's own brief hospitalization for depression in November Craig Gilner, the narrator, is 15 years old and lives with his family in a middle-class Brooklyn neighborhood. He attends the prestigious Executive Pre-Professional High School, having studied arduously to win admission.
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Call Netflix Netflix. Teenager Craig checks himself into a mental health clinic, but when the youth ward is unexpectedly closed, he must live among the adult patients. Watch all you want. Zach Galifianakis and Emma Roberts co-star in this quirky comedy-drama based on a celebrated novel by Ned Vizzini. More Details. Watch offline.
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