IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY

Tonight we saw this wonderful film with remarkable performances by Keir Gilchrist and Zach Galifianakis.  God that guy is talented and so real.  Emma Roberts did a fine job as well as a cutter on a psych in pt unit.  The movie about a 16yo suicidal teen who gets himself admitted to an adult psych unit brought us back to our home turf in Brooklyn when  he reminisces about his good life in the 8th grade when he bicycled through Coney Island, Bayridge, Sunset Park, Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights and the Brooklyn Bridge with his best friend.  This film is so refreshing in it's lack of stereotypical villains causing his depression.  He acknowledges a loving family, good friends, essentially a good life.  And also acknowledges he lives in this crazy world  of fierce competition to do well in every aspect of life which of course centers around his getting into a summer school program that his father believes will pave his entry to the good life.  This kid has projectile vomitting which  really is the appropriate response to this stress.  Abe and I came away from this film just loving the kindness one can find on an in pt unit between staff and pts and the supportive community some pts create.  A lovely film that will leave you smiling.