Released Date:
2010-10-08
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
101 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (96810 Reviews)
Anna Boden (screenplay)
Ryan Fleck (screenplay)
Ned Vizzini (novel)
Craig is a high-school junior, in the gifted program, infatuated with his best friend's girl. When he realizes he's suicidal, he checks himself into the psychiatric ward of a hospital, thinking they'll do an observation, help him, and send him home in time for school the next day. Once in, however, he must stay for a week; the juvenile ward is being renovated, so he's in with adults as well as a few youths. Bobby, a man with a young daughter, shows him around; Craig notices Noelle, about his age. He tries to keep his friends from finding out where he is. Little things: he draws, goes to therapy, sings, helps Bobby rehearse an interview. Is this the stuff of insight?
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