William Burns

In "It's Kind of a Funny Story," the exploration of mental health issues is both insightful and occasionally oversimplified. While the film attempts to shed light on the complexities of psychiatric care and the connections formed within such environments, it sometimes falls short of capturing the full depth of the experience. For viewers intimately familiar with mental health challenges, psychiatric care, transgender pronouns, aspects of the film may come across as mildly offensive or sanitized. The romanticized portrayal of the hospital setting and exaggerated relationships within it may not fully resonate with those who have. Most glaring was how they would sneak out of the psych ward wearing hospital scrubs and then blend right into the hospital that was attached to the psych ward anyone who would try that would quickly notice they stuck out like a sore thumb.