Wild Child (2008)

Wild Child

This movie fails when it takes itself too seriously too often, as it could have become the new satirical teen movie like so many have been successful as before.

Emma Roberts has talent, and some of her friends are well cast as well. It's still a textbook repetition of movies we've seen before, with soft humor and unbearable predictability.

It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

It's Kind of a Funny Story

Have you ever noticed how people starts their story with the line "It's Kind of a Funny Story", and then it's usually not funny at all. Well. That's sadly also the case with the movie titled that way. This movie falls between all the stereotypical mines it aims to make fun of itself not getting trapped in.

It's not funny enough, it's nowhere near good drama and it's predictable enough all the way. Keir Gilchrist lacks the energy and charisma to carry the story, and Roberts and Galifianakis joins a lot of other more or less seriously stereotypical characters without hopes of keeping it afloat around the lead.