Cast : Emma Roberts, Zach Galifanakis,
and Keir Gilchrist
Director : Anna Boden
and Ryan Fleck
Synopsis : Keir Gilchrist stars as a 16 years
old boy and suicidal, he feel so desperate about so many things and want to
seek help to avoid being suicidal. He came into a psychiatric hospital to seek
for a few meds but later met unexpected companions that change his perspective
in how to live.
Genre : Drama/Romance
Duration : 1h 41 m
Review:
I came to watch this movie after I read a
review about movie ‘The Circle (2017)’, a disappointed movie from an
outstanding director that has already succeed in making an extraordinary movie
that touched so many hearts for its feelings that delivered to the audience.
Well yeah, glad to come to this one -after I watched The Spectacular Now (2015),
which I will review later- and it’s absolutely touching my heart. Yet, it was
directed from different director but has same vibe about slices of life.
In this movie we have been shown in how Anna
Boden and Ryan Fleck deliver the suicide issues by making it less terrifying
and more entertaining. This movie gives us a funny opening, turns out it all
about how a teenage boy try to handle his suicidal thought, it’s kind of horrible thing
to watch, isn’t? But not at all, we
still can watch it without any tension yet still got the massages and got amused.
Craig (Gilchrist) is a suicidal teenager who
seems to be very lost in his thought of killing himself. Instead of doing that
horrible thing, his family pass by on his mind and make him stop. Realize that
he can’t handle it alone, he came to a psychiatric hospital and seek for some
medications. Later, out of his control, he is admitted to be participated in 5 days
programs in the hospital and has to living with others mental disorders
patient. Because the juvenile ward is being renovated, so he's in with adults
as well as a few youths.
His treatment processes become more exciting
as he met Galivanakis (Bobby), a middle aged man who seems so normal but also
have a serious problem in his life and mind. Bobby be friend with him and help
him to cope with some difficulty while living in the hospital. But, not until
Craig met Noelle (Roberts), a girl who has admitted for a longer time with a suicidal
behavior, he experienced more joyful time in the hospital and start to enjoy
living there with others patient and willingly to participated in hospital sessions.
A 5 days experience of Craig living in a psychiatric
hospital unexpectedly gives audience a lot of things to learn in life. For me, it’s
not only about Craige and other patients struggle to dealing with their
mental disorder, but it’s more about how this movie shows us that anyone, who
looks so ordinary, intelligence, and prestigious like Craig, could suffer with a
mental issue, and deserved to be treated with full care, concern and equality.
We could see how the staff treated the patients with care and respect. There
wasn’t a slightest disdain we could tell showing by them while interacting with
the patients. Nevertheless, we could see how Craig inspires others by showing
his generosity and concern towards each other. We can see how his characters developed
into a better one and how a 5 days experience succeeded in changing his
perspective.
I couldn't recall any flaw in this movie, all I
can remember is how I often smiling and giggling during the movie and the heart
content I get after I finish watched it. So, I give this move 9 out of ten! Over
all, the story line is good, the acting of the actors and actress is superb, and
the movie effects are hilarious. I recommend you to watch it because it’s very
worth your time!
