
It's Kind of a Funny Story(2010)
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.


In 1983 Owl, North Dakota, the lives of three residents – elderly Horace, who spends his afternoons reminiscing in the local coffee shop; teenage Mitch, depressed backup quarterback star player-power-horse; and newly appointed high school English teacher Julia – along with those of the town's other residents, are upended by a historic whiteout blizzard.

Ed Harris
Horace Jones

Lily Rabe
Julia Rabia

August Blanco Rosenstein
Mitch Hrlicka

Vanessa Hudgens
Naomi

Jack Dylan Grazer
Eli Zebra

Arianna Jaffier
Rebecca Grooba

Finn Wittrock
Coach Laidlaw

Henry Golding
Vance Druid

Hamish Linklater
Principal Valentine

Matt Roy
Randall Harley
Downtown Owl is a comedy, drama film released in 2023 exploring themes of depression, high school, based on novel or book, coffee shop, north dakota, blizzard. Directed by Hamish Linklater, it stars Ed Harris, Lily Rabe, August Blanco Rosenstein. In 1983 Owl, North Dakota, the lives of three residents – elderly Horace, who spends his afternoons reminiscing in the local coffee shop; teenage Mitch, depressed backup quarterback star player-power-horse; and newly appointed high school English teacher Julia – along with those of the town's other residents, are upended by a historic whiteout blizzard.
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