It's not often that you see two names credited as director on a Hollywood movie, but with, It's Kind of a Funny Story, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck share the spotlight and deliver a truly touching film. Apparently, they also collaborated on writing the screenplay for the film as well (Credit is due to Ned Vizzini also, as he wrote the novel which the movie is based off of). This film delivers laughs, while examining the life of a modern day American teenager who's dealing with pressure from his parents, friends, and community to be successful.
I'm interested to know what aspects of the film were directed by Fleck and which ones by Boden, primarily because it's unorthodox and sort of strange for a movie to have two directors. Especially, for the actors in the film to have competing voices telling them how scenes should be done and that such. But, also because I really enjoyed the film the way it was released, so I can know more about which director pushed more for this scene to make the final cut or how he/she wanted this scene to be scored. Really, very interesting stuff..
Anyways, It's Kind of a Funny Story, is just that and it's quite a lot more. It has a big heart and some familiar faces in different roles than they usually play, which I usually find to be a good surprise.
