MOVIE REPORT 3

Title of the movie           : It’s Kind of a Funny Story.

Gendre                            : Teen, romance, comedy movie.

Source                             : I got this movie from my friend.

       I watched this movie on Saturday March 15, 2014.

Characteristic                    :

Name	Character
Craig Gilner  (Keir Gilchrist )	The main character, 16 year-old depressed boy.
Bobby  (Zach Galifianakis)	Craig’s friends in adult psychiatric. Pragmatic, wise man.
Noelle (Emma Roberts)	Another patient in the psychiatric. Then she becomes Craig’s Girlfriend. She is an optimistic girl.
Muqtada (Bernard White)	An Egyptian man. Craig’s roommate. He never goes out of his room since he stayed.
Nia (Zoë Kravitz)	Craig’s crush before he met Noelle. She is feeling depressed too.
Aaron (Thomas Mann)	Craig’s best friend. He is kind of a bad boy, but actually he’s a nice boy and a good friend.
Craig's Mother (Lauren Grahm)	A good mother, she always supports everything that Craig does.
Craig's Father (Jim Gaffigan)	He wants Craig to join the school summer when actually Craig doesn’t want to. He is one of the reasons why Craig feels depressed.

Synopsis                              :

Craig a 16 years old boy, who feels depressed of his life, decides to see a therapist to solve his problems. At first, he has no idea that he would be in that hospital for about five days. Knowing about that he decides to cancel the medication because he doesn’t want his friends know about him. Unfortunately, he cannot cancel the medication. It means that he has lo live on that hospital for the next five days. There, he met Bobby and Noelle who also feel depressed. Can Craig live there for the next five days? What is going to happen there? Can Craig get any friends there? Find out the answers on “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”

Plot                                        :

Intoduction	Craig, a boy who feels depressed decided to see the therapist. He asks the doctor for the medication, but he has no idea that it would take five days. Therefore he has to live there for the next five days. He met bobby and Noelle there. Also he met his roommate, Muqtada.
Climax	Muqtada doesn’t want to leave his bedroom since the first day he stayed because of his trauma. Also when Craig started to get close with Noelle, Nia (Craig’s crush) comes to see him. Unfortunately, when he said “I love you” to Nia, Noelle saw that. As a result, Noelle mad at him and doesn’t want to talk with him anymore.
Resolution	Craig apologizes to Noelle and told her everything that he feels about her. Noelle believes him and forgives him, and they end up together. Also Muqtada finally left his room when Craig playing an Egyptian music for him.

Changing of Character                   :

•   Craig, who feels depressed at first, becomes more relax and enjoys his life more since he met new friends in the psychiatric.

•  Muqtada, who doesn’t want to leave his room at first, wants to leave his room after he met Craig.

Language expression                     :

Language expression	Meaning
Doctor: “Look, this is serious business ”	The doctor warns Craig that his problem not an easy problem to solve.
Craig: “uh, no. I’m cool”	Craig refuses Bobby’s help.
Craig’s mom: “well, you so brave honey. I’m proud of you”	Craig’s mother compliments her son, Craig.
Bobby: “Mind your own business, Humble”	Bobby warn Humble to not to get involved on Craig’s problem.
Humble: “relax it’s only for fun bro.”	Humble ask Bobby not to get mad at him because he’s only kidding on Bobby.
Humble: “take a hike bro, he’s not hungry”	Humble try to calms Bobby down.
Craig: “I’m a mess”	Craig underestimated himself.
Craig: “get a clue dad, there’s something bigger going on here.”	Craig wants his father understand his problem.
Aaron: “look man, I’m sorry. I was a bitch to you”	Aaron expressing an apology to Craig.

Moral value                                       :

•    Do not live your life in a fear, just face your problem because every problem has its own resolving. Just like in this movie, Craig tries to face all of his problems and he did it.

•  Appreciate what you have. Just like in this movie Craig tries to enjoy his life more and appreciates what he has. He realized that he has his families that love him so much.